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What is the difference between say and let's say and for example ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between say and let's say and for example ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- English (US)
Say is just short for let's say and both are very casual.
For example is more standard and formal compared to let's say.
All means the same thing when you are about to give an example or situation.
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Well, if you mean in a sentence like: "Say you were taller." or "Let's say you had a new car." or "For example, if you had a new car."
"Say" seems to be just a short version of "let's say". Both of them would not use the word 'if' afterwards in this sort of sentence. "For example" would, also it would almost always have a comma (,) right afterwards, to show a short pause that the other 2 expressions to not have. I hope I explained this well, because it is a little complicated :).
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