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Tere-arg
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"Word by word" vs "word for word"
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Can anyone tell me the difference between them?
Thanks in advance
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27 Apr 2009
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Bruna!
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Word by word is like �step by step �, and word for word is in exactly the same words.
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27 Apr 2009
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tea4er
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if i`m not mistaken word by word is used for showing a gradual process;
word for word - if you repeat smth word for word, you repeat it exactly as someone else said it or wrote it.
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27 Apr 2009
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libertybelle
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I don �t know that expression - word by word - I DO know Day by Day.
Word for word means verbatim.
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27 Apr 2009
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Tere-arg
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Uff...Well... i am not sure if word by word is correct, then.
I have seen it in a translation site. In fact, it is part of the url (?)
http://www.wordbywordtranslations.com/
Thanks anyway
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27 Apr 2009
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Spagman63
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Word by word seems to take each word one at a time. Word for word would be taking the exact word and translating it EXACTLY(not always possible)
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27 Apr 2009
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mamamima
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i also know word for word means literally... I �m afraid I have never heard word by word as a set expression either. however it seems to be associated with gradual progress as suggested before. GOOD LUCK :) |
27 Apr 2009
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Zora
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I �ve never really paid attention to this before but to me it would be used something like this:
He read the text slowly, word by word.
He repeated the text back to me word for word. He recited it perfectly.
Word by word - each word at a time.
Word for word - each word literally.
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27 Apr 2009
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Jayho
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Hiya
Zora �s explanation is good. Now that I think about it I do use both.
To the student who is speaking so fast that I can not catch what he/she is saying: "please say that again slowly, word by word" meaning one word at a time
To the student, who is writing down my message: Please write this down word for word (meaning eactly as I say it, as in dictation)
Cheers, Jayho
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28 Apr 2009
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douglas
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I think Bruna explained it prety good.
Example: If I do a word by word translation, I end up with something totally different than what the person/text was trying to say.
word by word--one word at a time (just like step by step--one step at a time)
word for word--you say/repeat exactly what the other person said
(as Liberty said:verbatim) |
30 Apr 2009
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