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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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live life vs live a life
Hi, I often bump into these two expressions: live life and live a life.
The differences that I've found (I might be wrong) are in the following;
1. If you want to speak about it generally, you just say live life. For example, living life to the fullest is difficult.
2. If you are talking about a specific life, you need a in front of life. For example, if you want to live a happy life, if you want to live a life that you love, if you want to live the life that Jesus did, (in this case, you need "the" instead of "a"....
I want to know if my understanding is correct.
The article usage is the most confusing one for a person like me !
The differences that I've found (I might be wrong) are in the following;
1. If you want to speak about it generally, you just say live life. For example, living life to the fullest is difficult.
2. If you are talking about a specific life, you need a in front of life. For example, if you want to live a happy life, if you want to live a life that you love, if you want to live the life that Jesus did, (in this case, you need "the" instead of "a"....
I want to know if my understanding is correct.
The article usage is the most confusing one for a person like me !
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Anonymous I want to know if my understanding is correct. That seems a reasonable interpretation.
- Anonymous I want to know if my understanding is correct.
- That seems a reasonable interpretation.
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AnonymousI want to know if my understanding is correct.That seems a reasonable interpretation.
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