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cljlk
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 4:43 am
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What are the difference between aniticipating and expecting?
Please provide some examples, if you could.
Thanks.
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Dr. Jai Maharaj
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Matti Lamprhey
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 2:31 pm
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"cljlk" <cljlk@hotmail.com> wrote...
| Quote: | What are the difference between aniticipating and expecting?
Please provide some examples, if you could.
Thanks.
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They are often treated as synonyms, but it is possible to make a
distinction.
Anticipation is expectation plus preparation.
I expect his visit at the weekend.
I anticipate his visit at the weekend by clearing my diary.
Matti (British)
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bill ramsay
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 3:25 pm
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On 19 Sep 2004 15:43:45 -0700, cljlk@hotmail.com (cljlk) wrote:
| Quote: | What are the difference between aniticipating and expecting?
Please provide some examples, if you could.
Thanks.
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Off the top of my head, anticipating has more of a feel of hope about
it, whereas, expecting has more certainty to it.
Hope that helps
Kind regards
Bill |
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Tony Cooper
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 6:35 pm
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On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 09:31:50 +0100, "Matti Lamprhey"
<matti-nospam@totally-official.com> wrote:
| Quote: | "cljlk" <cljlk@hotmail.com> wrote...
What are the difference between aniticipating and expecting?
Please provide some examples, if you could.
Thanks.
They are often treated as synonyms, but it is possible to make a
distinction.
Anticipation is expectation plus preparation.
I expect his visit at the weekend.
I anticipate his visit at the weekend by clearing my diary.
Would you write that? I would use "I anticipated his visit (this) |
weekend by clearing my diary." Without the "d" it looks strange in
that context.
I would add that "anticipation" implies at least a mild form of
excitement and desire, where "expecting" is just descriptive of
knowledge of what is to come.
There is a nuance to "In anticipation of his arrival....." compared to
"In expectation of his arrival...". |
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Matti Lamprhey
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 6:46 pm
Post subject: Re: anticipating and expecting |
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"Tony Cooper" <tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> wrote...
| Quote: | "Matti Lamprhey" <matti-nospam@totally-official.com> wrote:
"cljlk" <cljlk@hotmail.com> wrote...
What are the difference between aniticipating and expecting?
Please provide some examples, if you could.
Thanks.
They are often treated as synonyms, but it is possible to make a
distinction.
Anticipation is expectation plus preparation.
I expect his visit at the weekend.
I anticipate his visit at the weekend by clearing my diary.
Would you write that? I would use "I anticipated his visit (this)
weekend by clearing my diary." Without the "d" it looks strange in
that context.
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I should have used the past tense for both examples, yes.
Matti |
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raymond o'hara
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| Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 5:38 am
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"Matti Lamprhey" <matti-nospam@totally-official.com> wrote in message
news:2r7isoF16tc49U2@uni-berlin.de...
| Quote: | "cljlk" <cljlk@hotmail.com> wrote...
What are the difference between aniticipating and expecting?
Please provide some examples, if you could.
Thanks.
They are often treated as synonyms, but it is possible to make a
distinction.
Anticipation is expectation plus preparation.
I expect his visit at the weekend.
I anticipate his visit at the weekend by clearing my diary.
Matti (British)
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By diary do you mean your schedule? I always thought of a diary as a place
to keep secrets and record events and not as a date book for future doings/ |
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Peter Duncanson
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| Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:29 am
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On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 23:38:21 GMT, "raymond o'hara" <reoh@comcast.net> wrote:
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"Matti Lamprhey" <matti-nospam@totally-official.com> wrote in message
news:2r7isoF16tc49U2@uni-berlin.de...
"cljlk" <cljlk@hotmail.com> wrote...
What are the difference between aniticipating and expecting?
Please provide some examples, if you could.
Thanks.
They are often treated as synonyms, but it is possible to make a
distinction.
Anticipation is expectation plus preparation.
I expect his visit at the weekend.
I anticipate his visit at the weekend by clearing my diary.
Matti (British)
By diary do you mean your schedule? I always thought of a diary as a place
to keep secrets and record events and not as a date book for future doings/
In BrE "diary" has two meanings. |
From the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
<quote>
diary
a book with a separate space or page for each day, in which you write down
your future arrangements, meetings, etc. or one used to record your thoughts
and feelings or what has happened on that day:
Don't forgot to write/enter the date of the meeting in your diary.
I've never kept (= written about what has happened to me in) a diary.
</quote>
The "future arrangements" meaning is by far the most common.
As far as I'm aware the phrase "date book" (a.k.a. calendar book) is unknown
in BrE.
Diaries come in various sizes: there are pocket diaries (small), desk
diaries (large), and sizes in between.
A major publisher of diaries is Letts (part of the Filofax Group)
http://www.letts.co.uk/
--
Peter Duncanson
UK (posting from a.e.u) |
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