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HUBLOT Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
"gain power" "gain fresh muscle"
http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/3150-tropical-storm-daniel-hot-towers.html
Sure enough, the storm gained power.
http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2012/08/26/tropical-storm-isaac-gains-strength-expected-to-become-hurricane-sunday/
Tropical Storm Isaac gained fresh muscle Sunday as it bore down on the Florida Keys, with forecasters warning it could grow into a dangerous Category 2 hurricane as it nears the northern Gulf Coast.
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I think I understand the meaning of "gain power" pretty well. Does the phrase mean the same thing as "gain fresh muscle"?
Sure enough, the storm gained power.
http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2012/08/26/tropical-storm-isaac-gains-strength-expected-to-become-hurricane-sunday/
Tropical Storm Isaac gained fresh muscle Sunday as it bore down on the Florida Keys, with forecasters warning it could grow into a dangerous Category 2 hurricane as it nears the northern Gulf Coast.
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I think I understand the meaning of "gain power" pretty well. Does the phrase mean the same thing as "gain fresh muscle"?
Top answer
Both mean that the storm grew significantly stronger. You will probably never see fresh muscle used this way again; the writer was just trying to be creative.
- Both mean that the storm grew significantly stronger.
- You will probably never see fresh muscle used this way again; the writer was just trying to be creative.
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Both mean that the storm grew significantly stronger. You will probably never see fresh muscle used this way again; the writer was just trying to be creative.
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Would it be okay to say "... the storm gained strength" or "... the storm gained velocity" to mean "... the storm gained power"?
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HUBLOTWould it be okay to say "... the storm gained strength"That's OK.
HUBLOTor "... the storm gained velocity" to mean "... the storm gained power"?Well, to gain velocity would mean to become faster, and a faster storm would naturally be a stronger one, so it could. But you are more likely to hear a storm becoming strong
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Aspara GusThat's OK.Could you have said 'this' instead of 'that'?
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HUBLOTIt's so nice of you to answer my questions all the time, AG.Well, I may as well make myself useful somehow!
AnonymousCould you have said 'this' instead of 'that'?Yes. Either works.
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