ERGÄNZUNGSSTUDIUM TECHNISCHES ENGLISCH

LECTURER: DORIS STORRER

classic, classical, classics

Something that is described as classic is an absolutely typical example of its kind.

This is a classic example of what I can only call masculine logic.

You also use classic to describe something such as a book or film which is of a very high quality and has become a standard against which similar things are judged.

... one of the classic works of the Hollywood cinema. I like the classic style she dresses.

In this sense, classic can also be used as a noun.

... a great classic of Brazilian literature

... cheap paperback editions of the classics.

Classical describes things that are traditional in their form, style, or content, and that have existed for a long time. Classical things are often contrasted with modern things.

classical music; classical dance; classical Marxism, classical languages.

Classics is the study of the language and literature of Ancient Greece and Rome.

Guy had studied classics and philosophy at Oxford.