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Ann225 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Shamble, renege on

Hi,

1)Do you use the word 'shamble' when talking about someone driving slowly?

Fi:. "The guy in front of us is really shambling through the bend."

2)"He reneged on the promise to take me to the cinema." I'd normaly say 'he broke his promise' or something like that. I'm just curious about the use of 'renege on' and if I can also come across it in speech."

Thank you.

  

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)Do you use the word 'shamble' when talking about someone driving slowly? Fi:. " No.

— Clive

  • )Do you use the word 'shamble' when talking about someone driving slowly?
  • Fi:.
  • " No.
  • I think you may mean 'amble'.
  • But that is not something that would be typically said about driving.
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)Do you use the word 'shamble' when talking about someone driving slowly?

Fi:. "The guy in front of us is really shambling through the bend." No. I think you may mean 'amble'. But that is not something that would be typically said about driving.

2)"He reneged on the promise to take me to the cinema." I'd normally say 'he broke his promise' or something like that. I'm just cu

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Ann2251)Do you use the word 'shamble' when talking about someone driving slowly? Fi:. "The guy in front of us is really shambling through the bend."

No. That word is used exclusively to describe how a person walks. Shuffle, plod, amble, and trudge are all in the same general class of words.

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1. I'm a native English speaker in the US, and this is the first time in my life I've seen word "shamble" used as a verb. Here, the only time you'd see the word "shamble" is as a (plural) noun: "The house was in shambles after the storm."


2. The given sentence is okay, but overly formal-sounding. The words "renege" and "cinema" are rarely heard in everyday speech in the US. Yo

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