Angliholic  +  420509 Tue, 18 Sep 07 11:03 AM The moral of "The Lion and the Mouse" is "Little friends may prove great friends." If I say "Little friends may become great friends" instead of the line in bold, will I make a change in meaning? Thanks. Angliholic Joined on Wed, Feb 14 2007 SomewhereinFormosa Veteran Member 6,474 Without true love, life is meaningless and worthless since our physical world is nothing but a dream. ~~Angliholic~~簡瑞達

	Marius Hancu  +  420519 Tue, 18 Sep 07 11:18 AM Yes: prove: demonstrate, show (implies some testing) become: evolve to (no testing involved) Marius Hancu Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006 Veteran Member 11,673

	nona the brit  +  420522 Tue, 18 Sep 07 11:19 AM It changes the meaning. In the first, the little friends were always great friends but maybe you didn't realise it. In the second, the little friends were not great friends initially but became so at some point. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.