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Old 18-Jun-2004, 09:29
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The gloves are lying on the floor.
Fine.

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I want to be a soccer player.
I want to become a soccer player
The first one sounds more natural to me, but they're both correct. To become conveys the idea of change, which is less likely to be used by a child.

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No, not at all / No, go ahead
Same meaning.

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