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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

brim vs rim

0What's the difference between a brim and a rim? Below is a list of items, please tell me whether they have a rim or brim.02br
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002. mug02br
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003. lunch box02br
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004. glass02br
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005. pot02br
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006. baking pan02br
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007. Bowl02br
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0I know I'm gonna be sorry I got into this. 01i 01u 00Brim02u 02i 00 can be confusing because there's an idiom "full to the brim" or "brim full" which can be applied to just about anything you can put stuff in - things which you wouldn't say had brims. 02br 02br 00Let's say they all have rims, and the round ones have brims.

— Avangi

  • 0I know I'm gonna be sorry I got into this.
  • 01i 01u 00Brim02u 02i 00 can be confusing because there's an idiom "full to the brim" or "brim full" which can be applied to just about anything you can put stuff in - things which you wouldn't say had brims.
  • 02br 02br 00Let's say they all have rims, and the round ones have brims.
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0I know I'm gonna be sorry I got into this. 01i01u00Brim02u02i00 can be confusing because there's an idiom "full to the brim" or "brim full" which can be applied to just about anything you can put stuff in - things which you wouldn't say had brims. 02br
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0Can I say "the brim of the plate" since they are mostly round? Could you also mark those examples of mine that have brims?0-
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0 Yes, and years ago a coffee company capitalized on the confusion with the slogan, "Fill it to the rim...with Brim."02br
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0Webster's has two definitions for "brim" - the upper or outer margin, and the projecting rim of a hat. The first meaning, as Avangi has said, is mostly used when we talk about filling something. It's almost a geometric concept, if you will, rather than a real thing. It's even used in metaphor: you can fill somebody's heart to the brim with gratitude, or their brains to the brim with information
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0Idiom: 01i00to fill to the brim02i00. Also 01i00brimming full02i00 (nearly overflowing). 02br
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00Everything else: 01i00rim02i00.02br
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10Can I say "the brim of the plate" since they are mostly round? Could you also mark those examples of mine that have brims?12blockquote
10With salutations to Del, I would have said "no." I meant brims are possessed by all the round items on your list as it stands. That excludes only "lunch box" a
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0Um...I meant my "yes" in reply to Avangi, just in the sense of agreeing with the confusion surrounding the two terms. I hadn't seen New2's specific brim-related question then. 02br
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00Positive meniscus??? Good Lord, I thought I was muddying the waters by bringing in the idea of a geometric concept. 0-
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00Tsk, tsk, tsk. Such dirty talk. 050010id1
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0Thank you, Avangi, Delmobile and CJ.02br
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00I'm sorry but I still don't understand the differences.Are they geometrically different?02br
00If they are, it'll be easy for me to grab if you could describe the differences. For the moment, we can ignore the idiomatic expression "fill to the brim"02br
00and focus on the geometric differences. it will h
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