2005/04/22
Please Have a Seat.
So take a look at the picture. What is the thing under the tree, which you make yourself seated? It's not a chair. In American or British English, a long and hard seat like this generally goes by the name of "bench." The trouble is that the word "bench" or "work-bench" is sometimes used with another sense: table.
If the seat is long and soft, moreover, it's not a chair or bench. It's a sofa.
If the seat is round, it's not a chair. It's a stool.
The fixed seats in the car, train or theater are not chairs.
After all, the use of this word starting with C is surprisingly limited, and all of them are seats. ¶ 00:12
| Basic English doesn't have a number of frequently used words on the list. One example is the word for something you make yourself seated: chair. Chairs are almost everywhere. So why it's not on the list?
 Picture taken by Elba Vazquez-Morales |
If the seat is long and soft, moreover, it's not a chair or bench. It's a sofa.
If the seat is round, it's not a chair. It's a stool.
The fixed seats in the car, train or theater are not chairs.
After all, the use of this word starting with C is surprisingly limited, and all of them are seats. ¶ 00:12
