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5 February
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What is the difference between "distinguish" and "distinguish between"? Such as in this sentence "Anthropologists have used these obvious differences to distinguish races, in an effort to catalog human variation. "
I look in the dictionary, the common use is "distinguish between". So What is the difference if we write the sentence as "… to distinguish between races…"?
What is the difference between "distinguish" and "distinguish between"? Such as in this sentence "Anthropologists have used these obvious differences to distinguish races, in an effort to catalog human variation. "
I look in the dictionary, the common use is "distinguish between". So What is the difference if we write the sentence as "… to distinguish between races…"?
I look in the dictionary, the common use is "distinguish between". So What is the difference if we write the sentence as "… to distinguish between races…"?
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“Between” can be used but it will not harm the sentence if you only use distinguish. It just adds to the thing you are distinguishing. Either way the sentence will be correct.
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Thank a lot. Maybe it is same if we add the word "between" or not. Could you tell me when do we add the word "between" after "distinguish"?
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