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Maj Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Put up with
I don't think I'll be able to put up with so much pressure, I am about to collapse. Would collapse be the correct word to use in this context?
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If you've used up all your energy, you might truly collapse! If the person saying the sentence is really that tired, it's up to them to decide whether they will actually fall down. But as far as correctness, it sounds good to me.
- If you've used up all your energy, you might truly collapse!
- If the person saying the sentence is really that tired, it's up to them to decide whether they will actually fall down.
- But as far as correctness, it sounds good to me.
- By the way, you either need a period where you have a comma (each phrase can stand alone as a seperate sentence) or you need to lose the comma and add a "because" to join the cause and effect.
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If you've used up all your energy, you might truly collapse! If the person saying the sentence is really that tired, it's up to them to decide whether they will actually fall down.
But as far as correctness, it sounds good to me.
By the way, you either need a period where you have a comma (each phrase can stand alone as a seperate sentence) or you need to lose the comma and a
But as far as correctness, it sounds good to me.
By the way, you either need a period where you have a comma (each phrase can stand alone as a seperate sentence) or you need to lose the comma and a
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