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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Do and mend
"They had to make do and mend."
Are "do" and "mend" nouns in the above sentence?
Are "do" and "mend" nouns in the above sentence?
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"Make do" is a verb phrase, meaning to manage with what you have. mend is a separate verb. They had to mend.
- "Make do" is a verb phrase, meaning to manage with what you have.
- mend is a separate verb.
- They had to mend.
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"Make do" is a verb phrase, meaning to manage with what you have.
mend is a separate verb. They had to mend.
mend is a separate verb. They had to mend.
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Make do and mend was a common phrase in the Second World War: http://make-do-and-mend.org/make_do_mend.html
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