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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Can I say this?

Your rating on that website is lowering by the day!
  

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It's fine by me, but it would probably not be my choice.

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It's fine by me, but it would probably not be my choice.Emotion: smile
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Care to expand on your thought?
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Is it a proper expression or no?
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AnonymousIs it a proper expression or no?
It's quite proper.
I'd be more comfortable with " . . . declining by the day," or " . . . getting/becoming lower by the day."

No special reason. I think of "lowering" as a physical act.
Transitive - "lowering the boom"
Intransitive - "the coffin is lowering (being lowered) into the grav
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