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What is the difference between Stuff and Thing ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between Stuff and Thing ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Stuff is plural; thing is singular.
Stuff is also more negative, like "junk".
You have so much stuff! / You have so many nice things.
He left his stuff in my car. I threw it all away. / He left his things in my car. I put them in a box and mailed them to him.
He said a lot of stupid stuff. / He said a lot of stupid things.
What is this stuff? It looks like dog food. / What is this thing? It looks like a fork.
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