Difficulty/ A Hard Time
Jan 16th 2012 13:10
phrase-selection
Do you think there is any difference in meaning between the two sentences in each pair?
(A-1) Is there something the matter with your tongue? Why do you have difficulty talking?
(A-2) Is there something the matter with your tongue? Why do you have a hard time talking?
(B-1) "Mom never favored me or my brother, and there was never secrecy," he says. Yet many parents have difficulty talking to their adult children about estates. They think: "It'll all work out after we go."
(B-2) "Mom never favored me or my brother, and there was never secrecy," he says. Yet many parents have a hard time talking to their adult children about estates. They think: "It'll all work out after we go."
(A-1) Is there something the matter with your tongue? Why do you have difficulty talking?
(A-2) Is there something the matter with your tongue? Why do you have a hard time talking?
(B-1) "Mom never favored me or my brother, and there was never secrecy," he says. Yet many parents have difficulty talking to their adult children about estates. They think: "It'll all work out after we go."
(B-2) "Mom never favored me or my brother, and there was never secrecy," he says. Yet many parents have a hard time talking to their adult children about estates. They think: "It'll all work out after we go."
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(B-1) "Mom never favored me or my brother, and there was never any secrecy," he says.
They think: "It'll all work out after we die."
(B-2) "Mom never favored me or my brother, and there was never any secrecy," he says.
They think: "It'll all work out after we die."
Why are you having difficulty talking?
Why are you having a hard time talking?
(B-1) "Mom never favored either me or my brother, and there was never any secrecy," he says. [Alternatives: "... and there were never any secrets." "... and she never kept anything secret from us."]
Yet many parents have difficulty talking to their adult children about inheritance.
(B-2) "Mom never favored either me or my brother, and there was never any secrecy," he says.
Yet many parents have a hard time talking to their adult children about inheritance.