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Lucas21c Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Chomp one's way / away

Could you tell me what are the differences between with and without 'his way' in the following sentence?

He chomped his way through two hot dogs.

Also, I like to know what are the differences between with and without 'away' in the next sentence?

She was chomping away on a bagel.
  

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chomping is like hes doing it right now chomped means hes already done it

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chomping is like hes doing it right now
chomped means hes already done it
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It seems that your answers digress from my question because I didn't ask the meaning of 'chomping' and 'chomped.'
Could you look over it again?
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lucas21cCould you tell me what are the difference is between using and not using 'his way' in the following sentence?
He chomped his way through two hot dogs.
No difference.
lucas21cAlso, I would
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If there isn't any difference, could you tell me why the writer put 'his way' between 'chomp' and 'through?'
Does the 'his way' express nothing?
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No, that is not what it meant.
Chomping away - in the context meant biting off the something (bagel, in the OP) in rapid succesions and chewing it fast.
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lucas21c… could you tell me why the writer put 'his way' between 'chomped' and 'through?'
It’s an idiomatic and figurative expression. The man was probably eating in such a way that it seemed as though he was making a path (way) for himself in order to advance. However, I don’t sense any real difference with the absence of the phrase.
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