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Tenacious Learner Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Could it be a suitable explanation?

Hi teachers,
Could, 'Coke rapidly returned to the obscure / penumbra area of the front room' be an suitable explanation to the following sentence?
Coke quickly stepped back into the shadows of the front room.

Thanks in advance.
  

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Í don't really understand what you mean by "suitable explanation". Are you given choices from which you are trying to choose one with the same meaning? Your sentences are synonymous, but that first one would be very unusual in everyday speech!

— Shawn79

  • Í don't really understand what you mean by "suitable explanation".
  • Are you given choices from which you are trying to choose one with the same meaning?
  • Your sentences are synonymous, but that first one would be very unusual in everyday speech!
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Í don't really understand what you mean by "suitable explanation". Are you given choices from which you are trying to choose one with the same meaning?

Your sentences are synonymous, but that first one would be very unusual in everyday speech!
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Shawn79Your sentences are synonymous, but that first one would be very unusual in everyday speech!
Hi,
Thank you very much for your reply.
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You're welcome, and good to hear! I only know "penumbra" from Astronomy. This is a little known word. Emotion: wink
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Shawn79I only know "penumbra" from Astronomy. This is a little known word.
Hi,
The word 'penunbra' is Spanish too.
Its origin is from Latin, paene ''almost + umbra 'shadow'.
Off Topic: Please do not think that I know a lot about it. I just took it from a dictionary.
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