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4. The adjective
different is usually followed by
from in British English, but some-
times it can be followed by
to (also
than in American English) as in these two
sentences:
She’s very different from her mother.
She’s very different to her mother.
Is there any difference in meaning between them? Are people construing
the relationship between daughter and mother differently? Or might there be
another reason for using
to? (Hint: think of a similar word that might ‘influence’
different.)
5. Take another preposition which indicates a spatial relationship, e.g.
up,
down,
and try to do the same as Lee: to find a core meaning which could explain some
of its apparently idiomatic uses (e.g.
to walk up/
down the road).
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