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Allude and elude/meaning
Message from baouyen posted on 08-11-2011 at 14:48:56
Hello,

Can you help me please?what is the difference between allude and elude?
Could you tell me more please?
Thank you for your answers.

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Edited by lucile83 on 08-11-2011 15:03

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Re: Allude and elude/meaning by headway, posted on 08-11-2011 at 15:00:08
Hi,

Allude*, not alude.

Double-click on each word and you'll get an online dictionary.

Headway.

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Re: Allude and elude/meaning by gerondif, posted on 08-11-2011 at 15:03:57
Hello,

to allude begins with an a like the word allusion: to allude means to make an allusion to something.

to elude begins with an e, reminiscent of the latin word ex meaning out of, when you elude a question, when you elude a blow, you avoid it, you escape from it.
the difference is obvious for somebody who knows the latin origin of the words, but it is less obvious for you in Vietnam !

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Re: Allude and elude/meaning by lucile83, posted on 08-11-2011 at 15:09:28
Hello,
Please use a dictionary:
Link

or
Link


Best wishes.

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Re: Allude and elude/meaning by mino88, posted on 14-11-2011 at 01:35:28
Hello,

May I use elude this word in such a situation :
He asked me something concerning my private life, I eluded his question by answering him something else.
Is it correct? Your suggestion will be very helpful.
Thank you in advance.

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Edited by lucile83 on 14-11-2011 07:52

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Re: Allude and elude/meaning by notrepere, posted on 14-11-2011 at 02:35:11
Hello

Elude is not the best choice in this context. I would use "evade".

3) to avoid dealing with or talking about something
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He asked me something concerning my private life, I eluded his question by answering him something else.
He asked me something about my private life but I evaded his question by changing the subject.

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Re: Allude and elude/meaning by mino88, posted on 15-11-2011 at 22:08:57
Dear sir,

Here are two sentences:
"He asked me something about my private life but I evaded his question by changing the subject."
"He asked me something about my private life but I ignored his question by changing the subject."

Would you please tell me the difference between these two sentences. Which one is more correct ?
Thanks in advance.

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Edited by lucile83 on 15-11-2011 23:14

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Re: Allude and elude/meaning by may, posted on 28-11-2011 at 03:09:47
Hello,

Well, it's just not very nice to ignore somebody's question, is it?

And for Baouyen: you probably see clearly the difference between the two verbs when trying to put each of them in a sentence.
Would you like to try?

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Edited by lucile83 on 28-11-2011 09:29
Well, nobody ignored anyone I think...

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Re: Allude and elude/meaning by notrepere, posted on 28-11-2011 at 05:07:46
Hello

In my opinion, the construction "ignore .... by changing the subject" doesn't work.

You can say: dodged/sidestepped ... by changing

You could also say: He asked me something about my private life but I ignored/avoided his question and changed the subject.

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Re: Allude and elude/meaning by headway, posted on 28-11-2011 at 08:32:20
Hi,

Would that be correct to say:
He asked about my private life but I made a digression?

Headway.

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Re: Allude and elude/meaning by lucile83, posted on 28-11-2011 at 09:32:15
Hello,

Why not?
He asked about my private life but I digressed.

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