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Christine Christie Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Blighted

Consider the following sentence:


"It was a blighted neighbourhood."



Does this mean the same as:


"It was a rough neighbourhood."?

  

Top answer

" It was run down. Things needed painting and repair. There was trash in the streets.

— Anonymous

  • " It was run down.
  • Things needed painting and repair.
  • There was trash in the streets.
  • The streetlight was on the blink.
  • An old three-legged dog hobbled along looking for his next dead rat dinner.
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Christine Christie"It was a blighted neighbourhood."

It was run down. Things needed painting and repair. There was trash in the streets. The streetlight was on the blink. An old three-legged dog hobbled along looking for his next dead rat dinner.

Christine Christie"It was a rough neighbourhood."?

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