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HMFindlay Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Help me pls : break/breaking/breakage

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00Broken bones are called fractures. They begin healing as soon as they greak. First, blood rushes to the scene and hardens into a clot around the break Then, the ends...........02br
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00The Q is: I think the term 'break' is wrong and my instinct says its either supposed to be 'breakage' or 'breaking'02br
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00Am I correct? Can someone tell me the difference (if any) between breakage and breaking in the term of broken bones?0-
  

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0Hi,02br
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01font00I think the term 'break' is wrong and my instinct says its either supposed to be 'breakage' or 'breaking'02font02br
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00'Break' is a noun, and is the word that is normally used in your context.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Why not breakage? I read that one of the definitions of words with suffix -age means a product of a verb or something like a product of thing that happens e.g spillage is the product of a spilling water for instance and so it is called spillage.02br
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00So can you tell me the difference of break/breaking/breakage and why is breaking not used just like opening is used as i
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0Hi,02br
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01font00The falling tree broke the pipe. 02font00OK, normal English02br
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01font00The falling tree caused a break in the pipe.02font00OK, normal English02br
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01font00The falling tree caused a breakage in the p
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