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Hi, eagerness,I agree some people would use them interchangeably in the same situation.To me, the expression "I was thinking" means the thought crossed your mind on perhaps only one occasion."I have been thinking" usually means you've spent quite a bit of time in...

He's saying that there is very little difference between the two. Tweedledum and Tweedledee are fictional characters. They are brothers, possibly twins, who dress and act exactly alike. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweedledum_and_TweedledeeA similar expression is "Six of one; half...

"Maybe" is more conversational and less likely to be used in formal writing, but other than that the two words are very often interchangeable -- as they are in all your dictionary examples. There might be some expressions in which only one of "maybe" or "perhaps" is...

That is interesting indeed and I agree with you Old Man Gordon. I am from Finland and according to my Finnish-English dictionary I should say "Finland is leading 2-0" without using the plural verb and"The Finns are leading 2-0" when using a plural expression. But I guess...

That is interesting indeed and I agree with you Old Man Gordon. I am from Finland and according to my Finnish-English dictionary I should say "Finland is leading 2-0" without using the plural verb and"The Finns are leading 2-0" when using a plural expression. But I guess this...

I'm afraid you've lost me again. I understood what you meant about the difference between an actual occurence and a possible action when talking about thing that have not yet taken place (I expect to, I expect that). But I don't see how they are anything other than occurrences of...

hi all nice and kind pals really I have such a confusing Q in linguistics and I hope U all can help me .. what's the difference between hyponymy and prototype I know that hyponymy is a word that contains the meaning of another word and prototype is typical member of the extension of a...

«I feel for those two examples, since they are not concern with someone's feelings, but pertain to factual scenarioes like being married and a candy being on sale yesterday and today, the need to back-shift isn't there for both of those situations» I don't think it's too deep....

Hi, What's the difference between "See it yourself" and "See it for yourself" ? Google shows both expressions are popular. What I want to say is: don't take our word on it, click here, to see it yourself/for yourself. There's not a lot of difference...

Hi,What's the difference between "See it yourself" and "See it for yourself" ? Google shows both expressions are popular. What I want to say is: don't take our word on it, click here, to see it yourself/for yourself. Which one should I use?