WHICH WORD?

story / history

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UPDATED: NOV 2021

​story

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• You tell stories about events, happenings, experiences.
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• Narratives are stories.​
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• Stories you tell in a bar.

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EXAMPLES
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• Let me tell you the story about me buying a Cheeseburger at Bob's in Rio.
  
  
• Did you read the story about the UFOs in China?
  
  
• Maria tells good stories about growing up in Southern California.​

​history

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• The History of Brazil is interesting. 
  
  
• History is about facts in the past.​
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• ​History you study in school.
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EXAMPLES
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• Have you ever read the history of the Panama Canal?
  
  
• John has read several books about the history of China.
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• I read a great book about the history of Hollywood.​​

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