Cooperative & collaborative

Dear English Experts

1. Could you teach me how to distinguish between Cooperative & collaborative? And how do I use them?
2. I sometimes see the sentence "He is very cooperated." Is that correct? or Should it be "He is very cooperative."

Thank you

pop00123 發表於 2017-9-12 08:17 PM

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Cooperate = co+operate =operate together
It means "working on something already made together".

Understand. Very clear. Thank you. Now I know why Hollywood actors always use "collaborative" to comment another actor instead of using "cooperative". ...

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vegasoul 發表於 2017-9-30 05:25 PM

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這細微的差異，用中文來解釋比較有效。

Cooperate有「配合」的意思。如你要加班，配偶即使不能在工作上幫 ...

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From the above explanation, if i made a sentence like "I don't want you only be cooperative. I actually expect you could be more collaborative." Does this sentence make any sense to you?

Sorry, my original sentence was to skip "that". In a completed sentence is "I don't want you only to be cooperative. I actually expect that you could be more collaborative." Is it a right sentence? or I should still "to be" in the sentence? Thank you for your advice.

Cool. Now I understand perfectly. Thank you so much for sharing.