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This tag is for questions about the difference in meaning between certain words, phrases, or sentences.
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Make people succeed vs make people successful
The difference is that 'successful' is an adjective describing the state of the person with a warm, kind heart.
On the contrary, 'succeed' is a verb and is the action of becoming successful. … So in essence the only difference is that 'makes people successful' describes the final state or character of the person who had the kind heart, but 'makes people succeed' empathizes the action of attaining …
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Which one sounds better in formal English?
If you're talking about an object in general, you can generally use either the plural form or the singular form. Some people will say the singular form sounds more formal, although in my view they're …
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What is the difference between 'your interests and your hobbies' outside of work?
The only difference I can think of is this:
Hobbies tend to be physical/tangible activities carried out by an individual on a regular basis for enjoyment. …
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He lives separate from her. He lives separately from her
It would be "separately" - separately is an adverb, (because it ends in "ly"), but separate is an adjective.
Adverbs describe verbs (these are correct):
He runs quickly
He lives separately (from her) …
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