Question
Updated on
29 January
- Russian
-
English (US)
Question about English (US)
How do you say this in English (US)? Hi! I'm really curious about difference between respectively or correspondingly? google translate dont show me any fundamental difference between them and I dunno which I should use in my essay, what will you use if you need to?
How do you say this in English (US)? Hi! I'm really curious about difference between respectively or correspondingly? google translate dont show me any fundamental difference between them and I dunno which I should use in my essay, what will you use if you need to?
Answers
Read more comments
- English (UK)
- English (US)
Respectively is most often used when you want to refer to TWO lists of things, and you want the reader to know that the ORDER of the lists are the same.
Let's say you have three people... Dasha, Zhenya, and Polina.
Dasha eats an apple. Zhenya eats an orange. Polina eats a banana.
To write this in one sentence, using the word respectively, you might say...
-When Dasha, Zhenya, and Polina had lunch, they ate an apple, an orange, and a banana respectively.
This tells the reader that Dasha ate the apple. (she did NOT eat the orange or banana.) Whatever the order was in the first part, is the same in the second part. Let's use the same example, without the word...
-When Dasha, Zhenya, and Polina had lunch, they ate an apple, an orange, and a banana.
Since you did NOT use the word respectively here, we can NOT assume that Dasha ate the apple. Dasha may have eaten the banana, we have no way to know. See what I mean?
Correspondingly is used when you are describing two situations, and the first situation is linked to the second situation. Example...
-There was heavy rainfall in the spring, and correspondingly higher water levels in the lakes.
This tells us that the higher water levels are linked to the heavy rainfall. Let's use the same example, without the word...
-There was heavy rainfall in the spring, and higher water levels in the lakes.
In this example, the rainfall may or may NOT have caused higher water levels. We said that both things happened. But we have not said that one is linked to the other. The higher water levels could have been caused by melting snow. We don't know.
Using correspondingly allows a person to link two situations, so it is clear that they are related.
Highly-rated answerer
- Russian

[News] Hey you! The one learning a language!
Do you know how to improve your language skills❓ All you have to do is have your writing corrected by a native speaker!
With HiNative, you can have your writing corrected by native speakers for free ✍️✨.
With HiNative, you can have your writing corrected by native speakers for free ✍️✨.
Sign up
Recommended Questions
- How do you say this in English (US)? querer es poder
- How do you say this in English (US)? in july or on july?
- How do you say this in English (US)? muta sa mata
- How do you say this in English (US)? 今日から4月ですね
- How do you say this in English (US)? Is It " at summer " or " in summer " ?
Topic Questions
- How do you say this in English (US)? チャラい
- How do you say this in English (US)? I want to know how do we say have a great day in a formal an...
- How do you say this in English (US)? im high = im drunken it is same mean? which is use often?
- How do you say this in English (US)? Hi.👋 I want to find foreign freind who speak english, to pra...
- How do you say this in English (US)? 궁금한게있으면 인터넷게시판에 올려주세요 답변해드립니다
Newest Questions
- How do you say this in English (US)? チャラい
- How do you say this in English (US)? そんなことたいしたことない
- How do you say this in English (US)? idk if it's corret grammatically "Elon Musk and Sam Altman, ...
- How do you say this in English (US)? 지금 이 어플은 무엇을 위해 만들어 진것인가요?
- How do you say this in English (US)? ここは虫が多い
Previous question/ Next question