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Tag: contrast

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big differences

This link was created in response to a student writing

There are big differences in the way the two languages pronounce words.

There isn’t necessarily much wrong with this but if you want to suggest more sophisticated lexis, this reusable link may help https://ske.li/there_are_differences

The link looks like this:

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