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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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180 degree

0She's been sick for 3 days now. When she sees her mother, all of a sudden, she's 180 degree better.02br
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00Does "180 degree" fit well here?02br
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" While "180 degrees" is often used to describe a reverse in direction (make a one-eighty) it doesn't fit in your example. " You may say that a person's condition is improving by degrees, that is, incrementally. But your sentence seems to try to measure her improvement by a specific number of degrees.

— Avangi

  • " While "180 degrees" is often used to describe a reverse in direction (make a one-eighty) it doesn't fit in your example.
  • " You may say that a person's condition is improving by degrees, that is, incrementally.
  • But your sentence seems to try to measure her improvement by a specific number of degrees.
  • Why not ten degrees?
  • Degrees of what?
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0"Degrees" has several meanings, such as "six degrees" of separation, or "180 degrees Centigrade." While "180 degrees" is often used to describe a reverse in direction (make a one-eighty) it doesn't fit in your example. You could say, "all of a sudden she makes a complete turn-around," or casually, "makes a one-eighty." You may say that a person's condition is improving by degrees, that is, i
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0I understand what you're saying but have to say this is really difficult. I'll take me some time to get used to it. Thanks again.0-
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0N2G, here's another example.02br
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00He'd told us he wasn't going to approve the deal, so we were quite discouraged, but then, he did a 180, and said he was in favor of it. (He turned around in his position.)0-
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