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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

problem in the definitions of ''game fish'' and ''sport fish''

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01b01font00game fish:02font02b02br
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01font002 : SPORT FISH; especially : a fish 01font00made02font00 a legal catch by law02font02br
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00I have a question about the above definition. I know headlines in news are usually shortened for to make them more incisive. Some verbs and articles are sometimes omitted. Do they also do such things in the definitions of dictionary to make them short and to the point. I would have written the above definition for 01i00game fish02i00 as 01i00a fish which 01u00has been02u00 made a legal catch by law02i00.02br
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01b01font00sport fish:02font02b02br
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01font00a fish important for the 02font01font00sport it affords anglers02font02br
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00Please explain the above definition.0-
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Jackson661212cite 12br 12br 12br 11b 11u 10Question 1:12u 12b 12br 12br 11b 11font 10game fish:12font 12b 12br 12br 11font 102 : SPORT FISH; especially : a fish 11font 10made12font 10 a legal catch by law12font 12br 12br 10I have a question about the above definition. I know headlines in news are usually shortened for to make them more incisive. Some verbs and articles are sometimes omitted.

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  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Jackson661212cite 12br 12br 12br 11b 11u 10Question 1:12u 12b 12br 12br 11b 11font 10game fish:12font 12b 12br 12br 11font 102 : SPORT FISH; especially : a fish 11font 10made12font 10 a legal catch by law12font 12br 12br 10I have a question about the above definition.
  • I know headlines in news are usually shortened for to make them more incisive.
  • Some verbs and articles are sometimes omitted.
  • Do they also do such things in the definitions of dictionary to make them short and to the point.
  • 11font 10 If the dictionary is a "concise" one, then the definitions can be shortened.
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11cite20Jackson661222cite21b21u20Question 1:22u22b22br
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21font202 : SPORT
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0 It really depends which dictionary you are using. 02br
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00Neither of the things you are questioning causes me to stop and wonder if they are wrong. The writers of the dictionary were clearly happy with what they did.02br
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00"Affords" = provides (an opportunity or facility), and the sentence is saying that the fish provide sport for the anglers.
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