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Damage vs. Damages
Damage
/ˈdæmɪdʒ/Examples:
The storm caused damage to our house.Smoking can damage your health over time.
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Damages
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The storm wreaked damages across the coastal area.She sought damages for the breach of contract.The court awarded him damages for the injury sustained.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Damage is used when referring to the actual harm or injury to something.
- Damages is a term used in legal contexts, referring to the sum of money paid as compensation for harm or injury.
- Think of damage as the physical harm itself, whereas damages is the compensation received in response to that harm.
- Damage doesnt have a plural form when youre talking about destruction or harm, unlike damages.
- In a sentence like The storm caused a lot of damage, changing damage to damages alters the meaning entirely.
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