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What ´s difference?



camaraderie23_7
Vietnam

What ´s difference?
 
What the difference between historic and historical?
And what are the differences between To-inf and V_ing (gerund) when they play as a noun? For example,
Learning English is difficult.
To learn English is difficult.

Thank you very much.

31 Aug 2010      





Apodo
Australia

 
Historical means ´existing or happening in the past �, ´describing events or people from the past �, ´based on the past �, ´involved in the study of the past �.
a historical figure (person)
a historical novel
Historic means ´important in history �: the historic moment when the Berlin Wall came down �, the historic meeting of the two presidents.
 
Historic can sometimes be used in place of historical meaning � existing in, happening in or relating to the past �, but historical should never be used in place of historic.
 
To me there isn´t a lot of difference. It depends on the context and who is making the statement.
Learning English is difficult but I keep trying.
It is difficult to learn English but a good teacher can help. 

31 Aug 2010     



douglas
United States

"learning" focuses on the process and "to learn" on the result

31 Aug 2010