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MrPernickety Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Meaning of "all its own"
Hi, guys
I wonder what special meaning "all its own" imparts to a noun, like in these sentences:
The world of business has a language all its own, with expressions, jargon and vocabulary that can be very different from everyday speech
Orchestrating the rigid protocol of 30 funerals a day is a military operation all its own
I gather it serves to emphasize the importance of the noun it follows ?
Can its meaning be similar to "of its own"?
Could you give me your account as to what exactly "all its own" means?
Thanks !
I wonder what special meaning "all its own" imparts to a noun, like in these sentences:
The world of business has a language all its own, with expressions, jargon and vocabulary that can be very different from everyday speech
Orchestrating the rigid protocol of 30 funerals a day is a military operation all its own
I gather it serves to emphasize the importance of the noun it follows ?
Can its meaning be similar to "of its own"?
Could you give me your account as to what exactly "all its own" means?
Thanks !
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Hi, I wonder what special meaning " all its own " imparts to a noun, like in these sentences: The world of business has a language all its own , with expressions, jargon and vocabulary that can be very different from everyday speech Orchestrating the rigid protocol of 30 funerals a day is a military operation all its own I gather it serves to emphasize the importance of the noun it follows ? Can its meaning be similar to " of its own "? Could you give me your account as to what exactly " all its own " means?
- Hi, I wonder what special meaning " all its own " imparts to a noun, like in these sentences: The world of business has a language all its own , with expressions, jargon and vocabulary that can be very different from everyday speech Orchestrating the rigid protocol of 30 funerals a day is a military operation all its own I gather it serves to emphasize the importance of the noun it follows ?
- Can its meaning be similar to " of its own "?
- Could you give me your account as to what exactly " all its own " means?
- 'Unique, unique to itself, no-one else has it or anything like it'.
- eg He had a singing voice all his own.
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Hi,
I wonder what special meaning "all its own" imparts to a noun, like in these sentences:
The world of business has a language all its own, with expressions, jargon and vocabulary that can be very different from everyday speech
Orchestrating the rigid protocol of 30 funerals a day is a military operation all its own
I gathe
I wonder what special meaning "all its own" imparts to a noun, like in these sentences:
The world of business has a language all its own, with expressions, jargon and vocabulary that can be very different from everyday speech
Orchestrating the rigid protocol of 30 funerals a day is a military operation all its own
I gathe
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