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ductam
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Please can you suggest me the correct answer please?
Every year, a coffee tree produces less than 1 kilo of coffee bean.
and another sentence is : A coffee tree can produce about 1 kilo of coffee bean each year.
I wonder if they have the same meaning or not.
I �m so confused about these phrases" less than" and "about"
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26 Feb 2010
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GIOVANNI
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Less than 1 kilo means a quantity not yet 1 kilo.
About 1 kilo means approximately 1 kilo.
For me the meaning is not the same because in the first sentence the amount is inferior to 1 kilo and in the second sentence it could be a little less or a little more than 1 kilo. |
26 Feb 2010
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ductam
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thanks very much for your explanation.
Have a nice day!
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26 Feb 2010
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colibrita
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Basically the sentence is emphasising the fact that one coffee tree (bush, no?) doesn �t even produce a whole kilo of coffee beans
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26 Feb 2010
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yanogator
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Giovanni explained it perfectly. Remember that "about" is the same as "approximately", so it could be less or more.
Bruce |
26 Feb 2010
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ductam
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Thank you again for all of your explanation.
Have a nice day, my colleagues!
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27 Feb 2010
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