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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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It gave him great / a great satisfaction
I'd appreciate it if someone would answer my question. Thanks in advance.
Are the following 2 sentences the same in meaning? If not, what's the difference?
A: It gave him great satisfaction to have climbed that mountain.
B: It gave him a great satisfaction to have climbed that mountain.
I think "great satisfaction" in A is obscure, but "a great satisfaction" is concrete.
Does "a great satisfaction" in A mean the kind of his satisfaction or the extent to which he felt satisfied?
Are the following 2 sentences the same in meaning? If not, what's the difference?
A: It gave him great satisfaction to have climbed that mountain.
B: It gave him a great satisfaction to have climbed that mountain.
I think "great satisfaction" in A is obscure, but "a great satisfaction" is concrete.
Does "a great satisfaction" in A mean the kind of his satisfaction or the extent to which he felt satisfied?
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This comes under the classification of fixed phrases, I think. Although the article is possible, it is made exceedingly awkward by the popularity of the phrase, ' to give (one) great satisfaction to. '
- This comes under the classification of fixed phrases, I think.
- Although the article is possible, it is made exceedingly awkward by the popularity of the phrase, ' to give (one) great satisfaction to.
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This comes under the classification of fixed phrases, I think. Although the article is possible, it is made exceedingly awkward by the popularity of the phrase, 'to give (one) great satisfaction to...'
This comes under the classification of fixed phrases, I think. Although the article is possible, it is made exceedingly awkward by the popularity of the phrase, 'to give (one) great satisfaction to...'
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