jeudi 8 mai 2014

Notes on usage: Report

Story  -  Account  -  Version

 

These are all words for a written or spoken account of events.

 

Report a written or spoken account of an event, especially one that is published or broadcast: Are these newspaper reports true?
Story an account, often spoken, of what happened to sb or of how sth happened; a report of events in a newspaper, magazine or news broadcast: It was many years before the full story was made public. | The front ­page story.
Account a written or spoken description of sth that has happened: She gave the police a full account of the incident.
Version a description of an event from the point of view of a particular person or group of people: She gave us her version of what had happened that day.

 

REPORT OR ACCOUNT?
A report is always of recent events, especially news. An account may be of recent or past events.

 

PATTERNS
*a report/story about sth
*a brief/short report/story/account
*a full report/story/account/version
*a news report/story
*to give a(n) report/account/version

 

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