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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

sentences

I must get out of the habit of finishing off people's sentences for them.

Could you explain the highlighed parts? [Particularly the meaning of the word "sentences" in thsi context]
  

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' Sentences ' means language units ending in a full stop, etc. Some listeners have a good sense of anticipation and the irritating habit of saying the rest of the sentence before the original speaker can finish it himself.

— Mister Micawber

  • ' Sentences ' means language units ending in a full stop, etc.
  • Some listeners have a good sense of anticipation and the irritating habit of saying the rest of the sentence before the original speaker can finish it himself.
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'Sentences' means language units ending in a full stop, etc. Some listeners have a good sense of anticipation and the irritating habit of saying the rest of the sentence before the original speaker can finish it himself.
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Thank you Mister Micawber.

So here I learn that we can "get out of a habit'.

Then why this sentence (I have the habit of smoking. Could you suggest me to get out of it?) is incorrect?
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I have the habit of smoking. Could you suggest a way to break it?

We 'get out of' casual habits; more serious physical or psychological habits-- addictions, really-- we must 'break'.
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