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Michaelting Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Cope with

I could not cope with the daily stresses of life.

I could not deal with the daily stresses of life.

There were so many problems in my hands that I could not cope (with it?).

There were so many problems in my hands that I could not deal with it.

Do you need 'cope with it' in the third sentence?
  

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I could not cope with the daily stresses of life. I could not deal with the daily stresses of life. There were so many problems in my hands that I could not cope (with them ).

— Mister Micawber

  • I could not cope with the daily stresses of life.
  • I could not deal with the daily stresses of life.
  • There were so many problems in my hands that I could not cope (with them ).
  • There were so many problems in my hands that I could not deal with them.
  • -- Not in spoken English, at least.
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I could not cope with the daily stresses of life.

I could not deal with the daily stresses of life.

There were so many problems in my hands that I could not cope (with them).

There were so many problems in my hands that I could not deal with them.

Do you need 'cope with them' in the third sentence?-- Not in spoken English, at least.
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So,

either 'cope' or 'cope with' is enough?
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Only 'cope' alone. You cannot use 'with' without its noun object.
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In that case,

I cannot deal with it.

'Deal' is always 'deal with (something'), isn't it?
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Hi guys

Would you agree with me that "the stresses of daily life" is much better than "the daily stresses of life"?
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