moonlike
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- Mar 26, 2012
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- English Teacher
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- Persian
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- Iran
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- Iran
Hi
I can't take in what exactly is the difference between "expand" and "extend". There are two examples here which I found in the course book:
1. We'd like to expand our business and start producing different kinds of kitchen equipment.
2. We have extended the house at the back and now we have a much bigger kitchen.
I inferred some ideas but after reading different examples in my dictionary I got kind of mixed up (I think maybe extend refers to making something bigger and this extra space is directly attached to the previous one, but in expand it's not attached. I mean you can expand your business and have different branches around the country.)
Could you kindly help me with it?
Thanks a million.
I can't take in what exactly is the difference between "expand" and "extend". There are two examples here which I found in the course book:
1. We'd like to expand our business and start producing different kinds of kitchen equipment.
2. We have extended the house at the back and now we have a much bigger kitchen.
I inferred some ideas but after reading different examples in my dictionary I got kind of mixed up (I think maybe extend refers to making something bigger and this extra space is directly attached to the previous one, but in expand it's not attached. I mean you can expand your business and have different branches around the country.)
Could you kindly help me with it?
Thanks a million.