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What is the difference between stop and halt ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between stop and halt ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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I usually think of halt as a more formal way to say stop. Most people say stop when talking in their daily lives. For example, if you don’t want or like what someone is doing you tell them to stop. Another example would be saying the car is stopped or they came to stop. I’ve never heard people use halt unless it was in books and movies.
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I usually think of halt as a more formal way to say stop. Most people say stop when talking in their daily lives. For example, if you don’t want or like what someone is doing you tell them to stop. Another example would be saying the car is stopped or they came to stop. I’ve never heard people use halt unless it was in books and movies.
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@cat_rodriguez Thank you! Yes I saw a person say "halt" like stop in books. And the person is a bit stiff character like a serviceperson. So does "halt" fit in people like them to say?
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It would fit someone like that. “Halt” also sounds more harsh than “stop” does so someone like a police officer or guard saying it would be more appropriate but not very natural compared to them shouting “stop”.
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Most officers or guards here use “stop”
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