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Nokia88 Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
cramp rented apartment or cramped rented apartment?
Would anyone care to explain? - with great appreciation! -
cramp rented apartment or cramped rented apartment?
My choice: cramped rented apartment (adjective)
Original text from General Paper Essays Text Book
There are so many things I could do with it. Because I hail from a low income family of seven living in a cramp rented apartment, the first thing I would do is to buy a house. I do not wish to live in an apartment like the rest of the middle and lower classes. I want my parents to enjoy life while feeling the earth underneath the soles of their tired feet. The house must have enough rooms for all of us and still be spacious enough for everything else that we need to fit into it...
Google the web, it seems both phrases are wildly being used.
Definitions of the words "cramp" and "cramped" shown in the following dictionaries:
1) - Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English -
Cramp - /noun/ a severe pain that you get in part of your body when a muscle becomes too tight, making it difficult for you to move that part of your body.
Cramp - /verb/ to prevent the development of someone or something.
Cramped - /adjective/ a cramped room, building etc does not have enough space for the people in it.
2) - Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary -
Cramp - noun (=pain)
Cramp - verb (=limit) to limit someone, especially to prevent them from enjoying the full life.
Cramped - adjective (=not having enough space or time)
cramp rented apartment or cramped rented apartment?
My choice: cramped rented apartment (adjective)
Original text from General Paper Essays Text Book
To win such a large sum of money would be beyond even my wildest of dreams. But what if I did win it?
- WIN A LOTTERY -
There are so many things I could do with it. Because I hail from a low income family of seven living in a cramp rented apartment, the first thing I would do is to buy a house. I do not wish to live in an apartment like the rest of the middle and lower classes. I want my parents to enjoy life while feeling the earth underneath the soles of their tired feet. The house must have enough rooms for all of us and still be spacious enough for everything else that we need to fit into it...
Google the web, it seems both phrases are wildly being used.
Definitions of the words "cramp" and "cramped" shown in the following dictionaries:
1) - Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English -
Cramp - /noun/ a severe pain that you get in part of your body when a muscle becomes too tight, making it difficult for you to move that part of your body.
Cramp - /verb/ to prevent the development of someone or something.
Cramped - /adjective/ a cramped room, building etc does not have enough space for the people in it.
2) - Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary -
Cramp - noun (=pain)
Cramp - verb (=limit) to limit someone, especially to prevent them from enjoying the full life.
Cramped - adjective (=not having enough space or time)
Top answer
Cramp ed .
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Thanks for the quick answer!
I wanna throw away the GP Text Book tomorrow!
Silly grammar mistake (inferior quality)
Quote >Chinese proverb: Blind leads blind, creates more blinds ( for the stupid book i bought )
Quote >Chinese proverb: He who asks a question may appear to be a fool, he who does not ask will remain a fool forever ( for my
I wanna throw away the GP Text Book tomorrow!
Silly grammar mistake (inferior quality)
Quote >Chinese proverb: Blind leads blind, creates more blinds ( for the stupid book i bought )
Quote >Chinese proverb: He who asks a question may appear to be a fool, he who does not ask will remain a fool forever ( for my
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Hello Nokia, and welcome to English Forums.
I am not familiar with your General Paper Essays Text Book, but it looks like your excerpt is a sample essay by a student, which could well contain an error or two-- without your text book itself being of poor quality.
Like Humpty Dumpty in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, you too can become a master of English-- if yo
I am not familiar with your General Paper Essays Text Book, but it looks like your excerpt is a sample essay by a student, which could well contain an error or two-- without your text book itself being of poor quality.
Like Humpty Dumpty in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, you too can become a master of English-- if yo
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Marvel at your talent! Able to come up with an accurate conjecture with just a short excerpt from my post.
information of the book:
Secondary Essay Library ( collection of essays and letters for students from the secondary classes)
First Published 1994
Revised 2004
All Rights Reserved
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information of the book:
Secondary Essay Library ( collection of essays and letters for students from the secondary classes)
First Published 1994
Revised 2004
All Rights Reserved
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