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Thedynamix Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

My use of the word "augment"

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Trying to get to grips with thr word "augment" and most definitions tell me that it is a word meaning to "make bigger", whereas i always thought it meant "to enhance", which doesn't necessarily mean to make bigger, right? 00It might help if you think of it as 'make something bigger 01b 00or better'02b 00. This would bring in the meaning of 'enhance', which is certainly valid.

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Trying to get to grips with thr word "augment" and most definitions tell me that it is a word meaning to "make bigger", whereas i always thought it meant "to enhance", which doesn't necessarily mean to make bigger, right?
  • 00It might help if you think of it as 'make something bigger 01b 00or better'02b 00.
  • This would bring in the meaning of 'enhance', which is certainly valid.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00Anyway, please can you guys have a quick read through the following sentence and let me know if it works well?
  • Feel free to make any changes your, more knowledgable brains see fit..
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Trying to get to grips with thr word "augment" and most definitions tell me that it is a word meaning to "make bigger", whereas i always thought it meant "to enhance", which doesn't necessarily mean to make bigger, right? 00It might help if you think of it as 'make something bigger 01b00or better'02b00
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0Thanks a million Clive. I understand where I was going wrong with it now 05000.02br
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0Use this dictionary in terms of synonym comparison, if you can, it has stuff such as this:02br
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