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words difference / accident *incident

abu_sandra

abu_sandra

Saudi Arabia

thxxxxxx  for your reply guys

i notice that most of you want to know the difference  so i will start giving the difference and let you provide examples  

  1-an accident' is something which happens purely by chance, there was no intention involved, and we can?t really use 'incident' like this.

If you do something by accident, you don't mean to do it, perhaps it's something you do or did without thinking.
like acar accident       (accidents are never intentional, but incidents might be)

2'An incident' is much more general 

Police are looking into the incident

myemailis abu_sandra  and it is hotmail

 

06:22 PM Dec 31 2007 |

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selinsibel

selinsibel

France

thankssss for you post and nice lesson abu, you are wondefrul to explain the difference accident and incident, and have a happy new year without any accidents!!

best wishes for new year!

Céline

09:44 PM Dec 31 2007 |

abu_sandra

abu_sandra

Saudi Arabia

thxxx  celine  

and happy new year without any accidents

 

09:55 PM Dec 31 2007 |

eminhan

eminhan

Turkey

good explanatıon

10:10 PM Dec 31 2007 |

saud951

Saudi Arabia

Thanks Abu Sandra .

10:39 PM Dec 31 2007 |

abu_sandra

abu_sandra

Saudi Arabia

thxxxxxx guys 

there will be more 

just tell me if u like it or nor

12:28 PM Jan 01 2008 |