Various Jobs / Different Jobs
Jan 24th 2012 03:47
adjective-selection
(A) These days, we see people from other countries do various jobs around here.
(B) These days, we see people from other countries do different jobs around here.
(C) These days, we see people from other countries do a lot of different jobs around here.
Which do you think sound(s) natural in this situation?
(B) These days, we see people from other countries do different jobs around here.
(C) These days, we see people from other countries do a lot of different jobs around here.
Which do you think sound(s) natural in this situation?
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(B) could mean the same thing as (A) and (C), but it could also mean "jobs different from what they normally do". It isn't a serious ambiguity, but (A) and (C) are better choices because of this.
Your explanations made it clear to me how to use this type of "different".
Thank you so much!!