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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Mistaking
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" At the G Richard Pfitzner Stadium, the crowd was rocking, and Obama with them. There was no mistaking the changed mood. After long months of uncertainty, the Democrats now genuinely believe they're going to win on 6 November." [From The Independent.]
I'm baffled by the sentence "There was no mistaking the changed mood." in this context. Shouldn't it be like this: There was no mistake, the mood changed.?
Thank you.
" At the G Richard Pfitzner Stadium, the crowd was rocking, and Obama with them. There was no mistaking the changed mood. After long months of uncertainty, the Democrats now genuinely believe they're going to win on 6 November." [From The Independent.]
I'm baffled by the sentence "There was no mistaking the changed mood." in this context. Shouldn't it be like this: There was no mistake, the mood changed.?
Thank you.
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Hi, The phrase is fine. " It was so obvious the mood had changed that you could not mistakenly think it had not changed. Here's a simpler example.
- Hi, The phrase is fine.
- " It was so obvious the mood had changed that you could not mistakenly think it had not changed.
- Here's a simpler example.
- There was no mistaking that Tom was dead.
- Someone had cut his head off.
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Hi,
The phrase is fine.
"There was no mistaking the changed mood." It was so obvious the mood had changed that you could not mistakenly think it had not changed.
Here's a simpler example.
The phrase is fine.
"There was no mistaking the changed mood." It was so obvious the mood had changed that you could not mistakenly think it had not changed.
Here's a simpler example.
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