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Alternate or alternative?

Alternate means every other one, or taking turns: alternate Tuesdays, they alternate between the two. Alternative means a different option you could choose instead: an alternative route. American English increasingly uses alternate for both, but in British English the distinction still holds.

أي كلمة، ولماذا

alternate

every other one, or taking turns

Occurring in turn, or every second one.

on alternate days · alternate between the two · alternate rows

alternative

a different option you could pick instead

Available as another possibility.

an alternative route · no alternative but to · alternative medicine

والآن استخدمها

5 تمرينًا من هذه الصفحة. لا يُحفظ شيء إلا في حسابك أنت.

التمارين وشروحها بالإنجليزية، وهذا مقصود: الغاية أن تفكّر باللغة التي تتعلّمها.

السؤال 1 من 5

The market is held on   Saturdays, so the next one is in a fortnight.

5 متبقية

ذات صلة

أو خُذ جلسة مختلطة من كل الموضوعات

Alternate or alternative? — FluentLab