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Thu 17 Jul, 2008 10:21 am
The word 'apparent' means 'obvious' or 'seeming to be so'. How do I use each word so that it is clear that I mean one of the meanings?
Many thanks.
Look, I'm only half apparent, it is obvious.
Now, what I seem to be is not that obvious as it is apparent that I do not intend to show the full appearance of myself.
Would I choose to be fully apparent, everybody would know that I am what I seem to be.
To be or not to be...
If it seems to complicated, please disregard my post.
Thanks, Francis.
Your examples are clear. However, I believe you agree with me that 'apparent' is a tricky word.
You seem to be learning English by studying the tricky words, tangy.
There are plenty of those.
Hi Mc Tag
I know only a few tricky words. You said there are others. Could you please list them for me so that I know where my standard stands.
Many thanks.
You must be joking.
A good BIG dictionary lists the alternative meanings of words.
Hi Mc Tag
I don't mean all. Only a couple of them will do. I want to learn a few more tricky words.
Many thanks.
That task is beyond me. I'm still learning, myself. Just look them up as you go.
"Quite" was a good discovery. Look up "nice" in a good big English-English dictionary.
"Incoherent" is the opposite of "coherent". "Intransitive" is more or less the opposite of "transitive", "insoluble" is the opposite of "soluble", but "flammable" means the same as "inflammable".
Thanks, Username.
Can you tell me what is the opposite of 'flammable'?
Many thanks.
The English was, and is, inflammable and I was taught that Americans found this confusing and so they coined the words flammable and non-flammable.
Which have the advantage of being clear and unambiguous.
The opposite of inflammable would be flame-resistant / fire-resistant or inert, I suppose.
Or non-inflammable.
Or not inflammable. It doesn't need to have a direct opposite.
Would you accept this suggestion: uninflammable?
Many thanks, Mc Tag, for your detailed and clear reply.
Francis wrote:Would you accept this suggestion: uninflammable?
yes, unimpeachable as usual Francis, but you don't often see it.
If you want to convey the meaning that something definitely won't burn, then some stronger construction would usually be chosen.
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