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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

perpetuate

0I refuse to help perpetuate this hoary old joke.02br
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00What does `perpetuate' mean in this sentence?02br
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00I thought it was (repeated again and again) then it should be perpetuated. Why -- perpetuate?02br
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00Could anyone explain it?0-
  

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02br 02br 00To perpetuate is to carry on forever. If you help to perpetuate a joke, you tell it to someone, who tells it to someone else and so it carries on forever being told from one person to the next. 0-

  • 02br 02br 00To perpetuate is to carry on forever.
  • If you help to perpetuate a joke, you tell it to someone, who tells it to someone else and so it carries on forever being told from one person to the next.
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0This sentence means "I don't want this bad joke to continue to be told".02br
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00To perpetuate is to carry on forever. If you help to perpetuate a joke, you tell it to someone, who tells it to someone else and so it carries on forever being told from one person to the next. If you stop telling the joke, it can't be perpetuated.0-

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