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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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cut/curtail/shorten the length of his speech draft

0The teacher suggested that Albert 01b00cut/curtail/shorten02b00 the length of his speech draft to avoid rushing through all the material.02br
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00Do all of the bolded words fit in the above and mean about the same to you? Thanks.0-
  

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00No. 01i00Curtail02i00 is wrong; 01i00it means place restrictions on, terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent.02i00 0-
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0Thanks, Mister.02br
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00But the dictionary says curtail and cut/shorten are synonyms, so I'm shocked to read your post.0-
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00SHORTEN commonly implies reduction in length or duration 02br
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00 00 00 00 CURTAIL generally adds to SHORTEN the idea of docking, a cutting that in some way deprives of completeness02br
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00Merriam Webster Unabridged Dictionary02br
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00I think this example
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