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Vestigium Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

differences in meaning

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00I have some question 00about00 difference in meaning of "01font00by oneself, for oneself, of oneself, to oneself, and in oneself02font00"02br
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00we often use those phrases but I hardly differentiate them from others in meaning.02br
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00Would you like to help me catch the subtle difference of meaning of them ?02br
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00thank you in advance~!!0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 00Write some sentences using these phrases, and it will make it a little simpler and faster for us to comment. 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 00Write some sentences using these phrases, and it will make it a little simpler and faster for us to comment.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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00Write some sentences using these phrases, and it will make it a little simpler and faster for us to comment. OK?02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0As clive wanted me to present some example sentences using those phrases, i try to do it....02br
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00We moved the box from here to there by ourselves.02br
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00We moved the box from here to there for ourselves.02br
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00We moved the box from here to there of ourselves.02br
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00it is difficult for me to pre
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0We moved the box from here to there by ourselves. - No one helped us02br
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00We moved the box from here to there for ourselves. - We did it for our own satisfaction02br
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00We moved the box from here to there of ourselves. - Not correct.02br
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00Let's try another series of these:02br
01i00We painted the pict
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0Thank you for your answer !02br
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00first two phrases became clear by your explanation.02br
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00What about this; The alarm clock rang of itself.02br
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00In this sentence, does "of itself" mean "automatically" or "although no one made it rang, it rang"?0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00What about this; The alarm clock rang of itself.02font02br
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01font00In this sentence, does "of itself" mean "automatically" or "although no one made it rang, it rang"?02font02br
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01font00'Of' is not a natural
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