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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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...because people cannot be bothered to think of something new.
stock
10: A stock answer, expression, or way of doing something is one that is very commonly used, especially because people cannot be bothered to think of something new.
My boss had a stock response-'If it ain't broke, don't fix it!'...
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The red text in the above definition is not making sense to me. Couldn't it be written as:...people cannot bother to think of something new?
10: A stock answer, expression, or way of doing something is one that is very commonly used, especially because people cannot be bothered to think of something new.
My boss had a stock response-'If it ain't broke, don't fix it!'...
[Collins COBUILD Dictionary]
The red text in the above definition is not making sense to me. Couldn't it be written as:...people cannot bother to think of something new?
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That rewrite comes very close to the original, yes. The original could be written in any of these ways: ... people cannot be bothered to think of something new ...
- That rewrite comes very close to the original, yes.
- The original could be written in any of these ways: ...
- people cannot be bothered to think of something new ...
- people do not want to be bothered to think of something new ...
- people do not want to be bothered with thinking of something new ...
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That rewrite comes very close to the original, yes.
The original could be written in any of these ways:
... people cannot be bothered to think of something new
... people do not want to be bothered to think of something new
... people do not want to be bothered with thinking of something new
... people do not want to bother with thinking of somethin
The original could be written in any of these ways:
... people cannot be bothered to think of something new
... people do not want to be bothered to think of something new
... people do not want to be bothered with thinking of something new
... people do not want to bother with thinking of somethin
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