http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhyRavelUnravelSameMeanings/zzbzr/post.htm#442655Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:28:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:442655Yoong Liat0http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhyRavelUnravelSameMeanings/zzbzr/post.htm#442655http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-442655.xmlJackson6612 wrote: Yoong Liat wrote: According to the Oxford Advanced Learner's dictionary, they are synonyms. So, it is like the words 'flammable' and 'inflammable'. Hi Yoong, That's a good observation. I have never thought of flammabe and inflammable this way though they also seem opposite of each other. Best wishes Jackson By the way, Jackson, the opposite of 'flammable' is 'non-flammable' or 'non-inflammable'.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhyRavelUnravelSameMeanings/zzbzr/post.htm#442614Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:28:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:442614Jackson66121http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhyRavelUnravelSameMeanings/zzbzr/post.htm#442614http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-442614.xmlYoong Liat wrote: According to the Oxford Advanced Learner's dictionary, they are synonyms. So, it is like the words 'flammable' and 'inflammable'. Hi Yoong, That's a good observation. I have never thought of flammabe and inflammable this way though they also seem opposite of each other. Best wishes Jacksonhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhyRavelUnravelSameMeanings/zzbzr/post.htm#442562Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:28:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:442562Yoong Liat2http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhyRavelUnravelSameMeanings/zzbzr/post.htm#442562http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-442562.xmlAccording to the Oxford Advanced Learner's dictionary, they are synonyms. So, it is like the words 'flammable' and 'inflammable'.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhyRavelUnravelSameMeanings/zzbzr/post.htm#442546Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:28:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:442546Yankee3http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhyRavelUnravelSameMeanings/zzbzr/post.htm#442546http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-442546.xmlThis link might answer your question, Jackson: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=ravelhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhyRavelUnravelSameMeanings/zzbzr/post.htmTue, 26 May 2009 02:28:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:442544Jackson66124http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhyRavelUnravelSameMeanings/zzbzr/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-442544.xml1 ravel 1 a: to separate or undo the texture of : unravel b: to undo the intricacies of : disentangle 2: entangle, confuse intransitive verb 1 obsolete : to become entangled or confused 2: to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray Why do ravel and unravel have the same meanings?