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  1. 05-Feb-2004, 21:22 #1
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    What's the difference between COMMENCEMENT and INCEPTION apart from their being formal? What are their implicit meanings?
  2. 06-Feb-2004, 01:30 #2
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    Their meanings are similar. The differences in usage are collocational, IMO.
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