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Gene93 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
fade/fade away
Hello,
Does "fade away" also collocate well with hope? As in: "Hopes that he'll be found alive are fading/fading away"?
Does "fade away" also collocate well with hope? As in: "Hopes that he'll be found alive are fading/fading away"?
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I only use ‘fade away’ in the sense of a gradual erasure. Printed material exposed to the sun will fade away and memories that are not being refreshed fade away with time. With ‘hope’ or ‘hopes’, it is the inability to increase or justify it that enables it to fade.
- I only use ‘fade away’ in the sense of a gradual erasure.
- Printed material exposed to the sun will fade away and memories that are not being refreshed fade away with time.
- With ‘hope’ or ‘hopes’, it is the inability to increase or justify it that enables it to fade.
- When someone is lost or missing, the reality of time, weather, and illness gradually wear down that ‘hope’.
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I only use ‘fade away’ in the sense of a gradual erasure. Printed material exposed to the sun will fade away and memories that are not being refreshed fade away with time. With ‘hope’ or ‘hopes’, it is the inability to increase or justify it that enables it to fade. When someone is lost or missing, the reality of time, weather, and illness gradually wear down that ‘hope’.
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