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Pchuang Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

exhausted reader: tired or no more left

0 One recent prediction foreshadows the first quarter of 2043 as the moment when newsprint dies in the US “as 01font00the last exhausted reader02font00 tosses aside the last crumpled edition”. 02br
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00i suspect the word "exhausted" here does not refer to the physical or mental state of the reader, rather, it means the number of readers has run out. yet the text only says "reader" not "readers" and that confuses me. to me, "one of the last exhausted readers" seems easier to understand and may be a better expression.02br
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00what you think?0-
  

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0 It's fine. 02br 02br 00>i suspect the word "exhausted" here does not refer to the physical or mental state of the reader02br 02br 00 No, it refers to exactly that. 0-

  • 0 It's fine.
  • 02br 02br 00>i suspect the word "exhausted" here does not refer to the physical or mental state of the reader02br 02br 00 No, it refers to exactly that.
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0 It's fine. 02br
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00>i suspect the word "exhausted" here does not refer to the physical or mental state of the reader02br
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00 No, it refers to exactly that. 0-

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