What is the difference between big and large? After learning English for so many years, I can't image that I've never thought this question before and I was surprised that I can't answer this question from my experiences.
Fortunately, we have one thing called concordancer. I use both VLC Concordancer and NTNU Web Concordancer to search and analyze the difference between these two words.
Here I got some conclusion:
1. Large is mostly used to describe the quantity of things or something we call "invisible."
ex. a large chunk of Andorra / the only large brand
2. Big is mostly used to describe things which are more visible.
ex. a big city / the big guns
Beside this, I hardly to find other differences @"@ I'm now sinking in the "big and large" pond~~~~~~
It's time to go to other people's blog to check more details about this question!
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Large can also be used to describe concrte thing, as in the example "a large city"
ReplyDeletewell, good try , are there any rules?
After our class discussion, i'm sure you now know the differences already.
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