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Palinkasocsi Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Leave more ground?

Dear Forum Users,

Could anyone please help me with this:

I want to say that irony is easier to misunderstand than metaphor. Can I use the 'leave more ground' expression:

Irony could leave more ground for misinterpretation than metaphor.

Thank you very much.

Pal
  

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Palinkasocsi Can I use the 'leave more ground' expression You may, but your original is better: clearer, briefer and more direct.

  • Palinkasocsi Can I use the 'leave more ground' expression You may, but your original is better: clearer, briefer and more direct.
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PalinkasocsiCan I use the 'leave more ground' expression
You may, but your original is better: clearer, briefer and more direct.

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