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Vincent Ding Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Issue?

0 I saw someone wrote in his report: Smoke was seen issuing from cargo hold No. 3 of the vessel at app. 17:00 hours. (a cargo hold is a separated space under the deck of a vessel) 02br
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00isn't it more appropriate here to say "releasing" than "issuing"? 02br
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0 No, "release" is used only as a transitive verb -- it must have a direct object. 3 was seen releasing 01b 00smoke02b 00.... 02br 02br 00"Issue" has transitive and intransitive definitions.

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  • 0 No, "release" is used only as a transitive verb -- it must have a direct object.
  • 3 was seen releasing 01b 00smoke02b 00....
  • 02br 02br 00"Issue" has transitive and intransitive definitions.
  • The following intransitive definition is from 01i 00Webster's Third New International Dictionary02i 00: 02br 01blockquote 00issue: to proceed or come forth from a usu.
  • 12blockquote 12br 02br 00In this context, "release" and "issue" have close definitions, but only "issue" can be used intransitively.
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0 No, "release" is used only as a transitive verb -- it must have a direct object. You could reword the sentence: Cargo hold No.3 was seen releasing 01b00smoke02b00.... 02br
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00"Issue" has transitive and intransitive definitions. The following intransitive definition is from 01i00Webster's Third New International Dictionary02i
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0 Hello, both of you, 02br
00Maybe "leaking from" would be more appropriate? or "oozing"? or "emanating"? 0-
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0 Pianne, maybe I am incorrect, but don`t you think that smoke can`t be leaking from something, `cause it`s smoke and not fluid...? 0-
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0 I know that, Chaoss, but sometimes the way smoke escapes from something can be compared to fluid. 02br
00Let's wait for a native, shall we? 050010id1
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0 Sorry for my beginner`s stupidity in the issue of studying EFL. 02br
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00Let's wait for a native, shall we? - What does the sentence mean? 0-
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0 Dear Vincent Ding, 02br
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00It is normal to say «issue» here. «To issue» is «to come out of». 02br
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00Have a nice evening, 02br
00Goldmund 0-
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0 Let`s wait for a native! I did it! Sometimes decontextualized expression seems not quite clear to understand. Especially when you are f...ng tired after your work. But reading Pianne your motto, I get it. 0-
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0 Sorry, Chaoss, I hadn't noticed your question before. 02br
00"Let's wait for a native, shall we?" 02br
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00"let's wait until a native English speaker sees the post and gives her/his opinion, OK?" 0-
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0 Hello all 02br
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00I would agree that 'issue from' here means 'to come out of'. 02br
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00MrP 0-
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0 This reminds me of a silly joke: 02br
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00"Modern electronic equipment has smoke sealed inside by the manufacturers. 02br
00I know this to be so. Last week the smoke came out of my television and it hasn't worked since!" 0-
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