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MIG Posted 13 years ago
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diminished vs decreased.

Hi. Please read the sentence below.

That focus on entertainment never diminished the Xbox 360's gaming bona fides, however.

Q ) Is "diminished" completely interchangeable with "decreased" in the above sentence.
  

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There is often no difference intended but, generally speaking, I think of 'decrease' as 'reduce in number' and 'diminish' as 'reduce in size'. 'Bona fides' is not countable, so I would use 'diminish'. Clive

— Clive

  • There is often no difference intended but, generally speaking, I think of 'decrease' as 'reduce in number' and 'diminish' as 'reduce in size'.
  • 'Bona fides' is not countable, so I would use 'diminish'.
  • Clive
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There is often no difference intended but, generally speaking, I think of 'decrease' as 'reduce in number' and 'diminish' as 'reduce in size'.

'Bona fides' is not countable, so I would use 'diminish'.

Clive
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Thank you very much Clive.Emotion: beer

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I don't see that in your text at all.
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