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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Burn out

Is "Don't overload yourself, you might end up burning yourself" correct? If the "out" is excluded, would the sentence still make sense (i.e. wearing out because of fatigue).

Is "I should fulfil all of the administrative obligations at the beginning of the term" correct?

Thanks!
  

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-- No! e. -- No.

— Mister Micawber

  • -- No!
  • e.
  • -- No.
  • The idiom is 'burn out'.
  • Without 'out' it means the person might either injure himself with fire or cheat himself.
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Is "Don't overload yourself, you might end up burning yourself" correct?-- No!

If the "out" is excluded, would the sentence still make sense (i.e. wearing out because of fatigue).-- No. The idiom is 'burn out'. Without 'out' it means the person might either injure himself with fire or cheat himself.

Is "I should fulfil all of the administrative obligations at the be
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The current term's obligation. I can also mean a future obligation right? i.e. I should follow this (fulfilling the administrative obligations at the beginning of the term) in the future.

Thanks!
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Sorry MM! My second post doesn't really make sense! Yeah, it is the future obligation (i.e. I intend to fulfil the the next term's administrative obligations at the beginning of the next term).
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I should fulfil all of the administrative obligations at the beginning of the term.

That is fine, but I think more commonly:

I need to / must fulfil all of the administrative obligations at the beginning of the term.
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Hi,

I would also like to say that the punctuation is incorrect.

Don't overload yourself; you might end up burning yourself out.

If you leave the comma as it is, it's considered a comma splice.

Regards
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