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Anonymous  +  132295 Tue, 30 Aug 05 08:06 PM
Hi
Can someone please help me? I´m an english student and I have some problems with the different meaning of some nouns in simular sentences.

1) He wore hand-woven cloths to meet the ambassador
1) He wore hand-woven clothes to meet......

2) Sarah wrote an article about the riches of Monaco
2) Sarah wrote an article about the rich of Monaco

Thanks!
-Anders



Philip  +  132358 Wed, 31 Aug 05 02:37 AM

 Anonymous wrote:
Hi
Can someone please help me? I´m an english student and I have some problems with the different meaning of some nouns in simular sentences.

1) He wore hand-woven cloths to meet the ambassador cloths = pieces of material, fabric
1) He wore hand-woven clothes to meet...... clothes = garments, costume, suit

2) Sarah wrote an article about the riches of Monaco riches = natural resources or cultural items
2) Sarah wrote an article about the rich of Monaco rich = people who have lots of ***

Thanks!
-Anders



Hope this helps.

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MrPedantic  +  133002 Fri, 02 Sep 05 12:22 AM

Interesting that the three dollar signs are treated as a 'profanity' by the program.

MrP

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