
19-Jul-2009, 02:05
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Re: commonly and generally? Quote:
Originally Posted by Gordon..J Is there a distinction between the words, commonly and generally? | Yes. 'Nuclear' is commonly mispronounced. True, imo. 'Nuclear' is generally mispronounced. False, imo. Babies are commonly born in the breech position. True Babies are generally born in the breech position. False.
In these cases, 'commonly' means "more than rarely; in a significant number of cases" and 'generally' means 'usually'.
There's one distinction. |