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Slide green 964 Posted 5 years ago
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Are the phrases “very interesting “and”consuming” synonymous
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" But in the US today the phrase "a consuming novel" is almost never heard. You would hear today, for example: This is a very interesting novel. This novel will totally consume your interest.
- " But in the US today the phrase "a consuming novel" is almost never heard.
- You would hear today, for example: This is a very interesting novel.
- This novel will totally consume your interest.
- This novel completely consumed my interest, and I couldn't put it down until I had finished it.
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Technically speaking, yes, as in: "This is a very interesting/consuming novel." But in the US today the phrase "a consuming novel" is almost never heard. You would hear today, for example:
This is a very interesting novel.
This novel will totally consume your interest.
This novel completely consumed my interest, and I couldn't put it down until I had finished it.
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