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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Maintain

Hi,

"The service maintains for the system."

What is the synonym of "maintain" here?

support?

Thanks in advance.
  

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Do you have any context?
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The original grammar is wrong, Anon. The service (contract?) maintains the system.
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Thank you for the reply. I don't have specific contexts.

I want to know what kind of meanings "maintain" as a in transitive verb have.
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    Really?

  • Can't we use "maintain" as an intransitive verb?
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    AnonymousCan't we use "maintain" as an intransitive verb?
    I hear it used intransitively, but in relation to people, not systems. But technical jargon is growing by leaps and bounds. That's why we need context.

    We thought he wouldn't be able to carry on after his wife died, but somehow he still maintains (manages to maintain).

    I assum
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    >I assume the intransitive is the same as the reflexive use of the transitive:

    Somehow he manages to maintain himself.

    This explanation is helpful.

    I think I've got it.

    Thanks a lot!
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