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Odessa Dawn Posted 11 years ago
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"gathered their armies together"?

"the Philistines gathered their armies together for war."

If there were no together, would the meaning be the same, please?
  

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Odessa Dawn If there were no together, would the meaning be the same, please? Probably; but 'together' allows us to think more about a single, comprehensive army. I don't know whether the Philistines really had only one big army or several regional armies, and your sentence does not resolve that question.

  • Odessa Dawn If there were no together, would the meaning be the same, please?
  • Probably; but 'together' allows us to think more about a single, comprehensive army.
  • I don't know whether the Philistines really had only one big army or several regional armies, and your sentence does not resolve that question.
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Odessa DawnIf there were no together, would the meaning be the same, please?
Probably; but 'together' allows us to think more about a single, comprehensive army. I don't know whether the Philistines really had only one big army or several regional armies, and your sentence does not resolve that question.

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