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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
right around
What does "right" mean?
She turned right around to look at him.
She turned right around to look at him.
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In military language, it would be “about face”; and in common English, “face the rear”. The words, “turn around” are often enough to mean the same thing; but adding “right” confirms that the request is to do a 90 degree turn. The meaning given to “right” in this case, is ‘fully’ or ‘completely’.
- In military language, it would be “about face”; and in common English, “face the rear”.
- The words, “turn around” are often enough to mean the same thing; but adding “right” confirms that the request is to do a 90 degree turn.
- The meaning given to “right” in this case, is ‘fully’ or ‘completely’.
- Despite this, a ‘complete turn’ in dancing, for example, is a 180 degree turn; so there is an element of idiom involved in knowing what is intended.
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In military language, it would be “about face”; and in common English, “face the rear”. The words, “turn around” are often enough to mean the same thing; but adding “right” confirms that the request is to do a 90 degree turn. The meaning given to “right” in this case, is ‘fully’ or ‘completely’. Despite this, a ‘complete turn’ in dancing, for example, is a 180 degree turn; so there is an elemen
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Well, that was careless of me! I have my degrees understated. Here's a corrected version:
In military language, it would be “about face”; and in common English, “face the rear”. The words, “turn around” are often enough to mean the same thing; but adding “right” confirms that the request is to do a 180 degree turn. The meaning given to “right” in this case, is ‘fully’ or ‘completely’. Des
In military language, it would be “about face”; and in common English, “face the rear”. The words, “turn around” are often enough to mean the same thing; but adding “right” confirms that the request is to do a 180 degree turn. The meaning given to “right” in this case, is ‘fully’ or ‘completely’. Des
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contrapositionWhat does "right" mean?She turned right around to look at him.It could also mean that she turned around immediately. As usual, you have not bothered to help us with any context.
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