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to be an interpretor or to become an interpretor
I hope one day I will possess the skills to be/become an interpretor.
What I want to say is that I want to become an interpretor, and I hope one day I will possess the skills which an interpretor must possess.what's the difference between to be and to become?
Mar 22, 2011 3:11 PM
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In this case there is no difference whatsoever. Colloquially we say:
I want to be an interpreter.
I hope one day to possess the skills to be an interpreter.
When you have finished becoming an interpreter, it means you ARE an interpreter.
March 22, 2011
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to be means that you are in a current state/position.
to become means that you still need to get there.
you can say: i hope to be an interpreter someday.
so you hope to be in this state/position someday.
"I hope one day I will possess the skills to become an interpreter." means that you still need to obtain those skills in order to become an interpreter.
i hope that made sense..
March 22, 2011
become.
March 22, 2011
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