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Moon7296 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

breathe in VS breathe

1. His illness is a result of breathing in paint fumes over many years.

Q) Does the meaning or something else change if I delete "in" after breathing in #1?
  

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Leave it the way it is. When you use "breathing" it can imply that you mean he is exhaling it. Like a "fire-breathing dragon" shoots flames out of his mouth.

  • Leave it the way it is.
  • When you use "breathing" it can imply that you mean he is exhaling it.
  • Like a "fire-breathing dragon" shoots flames out of his mouth.
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Leave it the way it is. When you use "breathing" it can imply that you mean he is exhaling it. Like a "fire-breathing dragon" shoots flames out of his mouth.

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