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Interventizio Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
"Renew an era of..."
"The people seeked a king who would renew an era of bonanza."
Is this sentence in any way incorrect? "Renew an era" gives only 3 hits in Google.
The meaning I'm trying to convey is: "a king who will succeed in re-establishing an era of bonanza that existed before but eventually came to an end."
Thanks.
Is this sentence in any way incorrect? "Renew an era" gives only 3 hits in Google.
The meaning I'm trying to convey is: "a king who will succeed in re-establishing an era of bonanza that existed before but eventually came to an end."
Thanks.
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Seeked should be sought or were seeking . I think it would read better with the era of bonanza , or the bonanza era , since you are talking about a particular era that existed before.
- Seeked should be sought or were seeking .
- I think it would read better with the era of bonanza , or the bonanza era , since you are talking about a particular era that existed before.
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Seeked should be sought or were seeking.
I think it would read better with the era of bonanza, or the bonanza era, since you are talking about a particular era that existed before.
I think it would read better with the era of bonanza, or the bonanza era, since you are talking about a particular era that existed before.
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Ops, you're right about seek/sought.
Also, your remark about the use of THE makes sense. Thank you.
Also, your remark about the use of THE makes sense. Thank you.
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the era of bonanza sounds unnatural to me. I'd consider eg the era of great prosperity.
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I've looked up the meaning of "bonanza", and it seems to refer to something religious, like the manna *** made rain from the sky to feed his adepts: too specific a meaning. I like "prosperity" better for the context I have in mind. .
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InterventizioI've looked up the meaning of "bonanza", and it seems to refer to something religious, like the manna *** made rain from the sky ...Actually, I found this pretty funny. In the US we associate "bonanza" with an old TV show with that name, and it's about cowboys in the Wild West. I can't imagine *** in chaps and cowboy boots.
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That show is (was) famous here in Italy as well, and were not for that show I would never have known that word in the first place. I guess sometimes some words die because they get so attached to a pop culture event and to its transience. "Prosperity" is much better.
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