Kekel  +  378884 Wed, 13 Jun 07 06:44 AM Hey, friends!!! What is the difference in those two expressions?? Prepare breakfast Make breakfast Kekel Joined on Sun, Dec 17 2006 Brazil Full Member 377 “Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.” - Sarah Caldwell

	khoff  +  379161 Wed, 13 Jun 07 06:25 PM No difference is meaning, but "prepare" is more formal.  Most people just "make breakfast" -- but in an elegant hotel the chef will "prepare breakfast" for you. khoff Joined on Sun, Mar 6 2005 Senior Member 3,278 Native speaker of American English (but not a grammar expert)

	Osee  +  379645 Thu, 14 Jun 07 08:29 PM Just an typo? Hi Khoff, I guess you want to say No difference IN meaning, right? BTW, should we use in the meaning or in meaning? Why? Thanks. Osee  Khoff wrote: No difference is meaning, but "prepare" is more formal.  Most people just "make breakfast" -- but in an elegant hotel the chef will "prepare breakfast" for you. Osee

	khoff  +  379690 Thu, 14 Jun 07 11:04 PM Thanks, Osee, it was certainly a typo.  You could say either "no difference in meaning" or "no difference in the meaning."  ("No difference is meaning" sounds like it might be a profound, but incomprehensible, philosophical statement.) khoff