He returned home a changed man.

Meaning: This sentence tells us that the man is not the same as he was before he left.

Choice of Words: Returned means to come back to a place you were before. Home is the place where you live. Changed means to become different. Man is an adult male person. When you put them together, it means that the man came back to his house after becoming different.

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The man came back to his house as a different person.

Meaning: This means the same as the first sentence, but it uses different words to describe the same thing.

Choice of Words: Came back means to return to a place where you have been before. House is a building where people live. Different means to be unlike something else. Person is a human being. When you put them together, "The man came back to his house as a different person" means that a man returned to his home after being away for a while, and he is different in some way than when he left.

After his journey, the man was not the same as before.

Meaning: This means the same as the first two sentences, but it uses different words to describe the same thing.

Choice of Words: Journey is a trip or travel, especially one that is long or difficult. Was not the same means to be different. Before means earlier in time. When you put them together, "After his journey, the man was not the same as before" means that a man went on a trip or travel, and when he came back, he was different in some way than when he left.

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