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SuperESL Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
impending
Can I use 'impending' in the sense of 'to come into being soon," as in "the impending university" (i.e. a university that will soon be established)? Or can the word be used in relation to specific actions, such as "the impending budget cut"?
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Or can the word be used in relation to specific actions, such as "the impending budget cut"? Yes.
- Or can the word be used in relation to specific actions, such as "the impending budget cut"?
- Yes.
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Or can the word be used in relation to specific actions, such as "the impending budget cut"? Yes.
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"the impending university" - not a phrase I would use, for this reason:
Imminent, Impending, Threatening all may carry the implication of menace, misfortune, disaster, but they do so in differing degrees. Imminent may portend evil: an imminent catastrophe, but also may mean simply “about to happen”: The merger is imminent. Impending has a weaker sense of immediacy and threat than imm
Imminent, Impending, Threatening all may carry the implication of menace, misfortune, disaster, but they do so in differing degrees. Imminent may portend evil: an imminent catastrophe, but also may mean simply “about to happen”: The merger is imminent. Impending has a weaker sense of immediacy and threat than imm
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