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Lesson 28 – Size
This lesson will help clarify when to use the confusing words
big, small, large, little, tall, short, high, and
low. Often, the only difference between them is in their collocations.
“Big” is much more common than “large.” The word “large” is a little more formal, but in many
sentences, it makes no difference: She lives in a
big house. = She lives in a
large house.
So let’s focus on the collocations in which
large is almost always used – knowing that you can use “big”
for other objects. We tend to use
large with drink sizes – a
large coffee, a
large soda – as well as with
clothing sizes – small, medium, and large.
Large is usually used with words referring to statistics and measurements, such as
quantity, number,
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