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What´s the main difference between "major" and "great" ?
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When something is negative, we tend to use major- heart atacks, illnesses, etc. However, we do use great for devasting natural disasters, epidemics.
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This might give you an idea of the difference:
Ron is a major pain in the neck.
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Ron is a major pain in the neck.
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Does that mean that I am catastrophically bad?
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