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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Correct?
You haven't done anything so far in your life; You need to arouse yourself.
Does it make sense?
Does it make sense?
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Arouse doesn't work well there. You need to rouse yourself. You need to galvanize yourself.
- Arouse doesn't work well there.
- You need to rouse yourself.
- You need to galvanize yourself.
- You need to motivate yourself.
- You need to get some motivation.
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Arouse doesn't work well there.
You need to rouse yourself.
You need to galvanize yourself.
You need to motivate yourself.
You need to get some motivation.
You need to get cracking.
You need to get going.
You need to get started.
You need to get a move on.
You need to make something of yourself.
You need to start the ball rolling.
You need
You need to rouse yourself.
You need to galvanize yourself.
You need to motivate yourself.
You need to get some motivation.
You need to get cracking.
You need to get going.
You need to get started.
You need to get a move on.
You need to make something of yourself.
You need to start the ball rolling.
You need
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"arouse yourself" has unfortunate connotations. "You need to wake yourself up" is a possible alternative.
You don't need the capital letter after the semicolon.
(Cross-posted.)
You don't need the capital letter after the semicolon.
(Cross-posted.)
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Arouse could also mean awaken, right? With that meaning, why can't it be correct?
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Anonymous Arouse could also mean awaken, right? With that meaning, why can't it be correct?Arouse can mean awaken, but it's not used that way in a context like yours. In the sense of awaken it's not something you do to yourself. GPY's comment, "'arouse yourself' has unfortunate connotations", refers to a
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