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    SYLVIE Posts: 2, Reputation: 1
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    Dec 19, 2003, 01:34 PM
    What's the difference?
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    Hi,
    Anyone knows the difference between "conversation"
    And "dialogue"?
    I appreciate your help.
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    Dec 19, 2003, 05:30 PM
    What's the difference?
    Conversation is when you're talking to someone else and they're talking back.

    A dialogue is where you're talking to yourself, much like thinking aloud.
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    Jun 3, 2004, 12:54 AM
    What's the difference?
    HI there

    I differ in that...
    Conversation is something you do with someone else... talk to them

    Dialogue is something that is read from a book.

    Regards
    Peanuts
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    Sep 29, 2004, 02:01 AM
    Re: What's the difference?
    There is almost no strict distinction between the meanings of "dialogue" and "conversation".

    However there seems to be an idiomatic tendency to suggest that:

    (a) a dialogue is more centred upon one particular topic, while

    (b) a conversation may more freely move generally from topic to topic.

    In both cases it is presumed to be an oral (spoken) activity.

    Reading has nothing to do with either.
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    Mar 13, 2005, 01:17 PM
    Dialogue and conversation
    The meaning of the word is in the context. Often when you read the word dialogue its in a more formal situation or refers to a specific situation, like a play or in an academic setting.

    Conversation is more often used to communicate the idea of friends talking, or people debating in an informal setting.

    You can have a conversation with yourself, but generally speaking the meaning of dialogue points to 2 or more people (monologue MONO is one person dialogue DIA is many or 2+).

    Hope this helps.
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