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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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snaked through

0A line of nearly 30,000 protesters 01b00snaked through02b00 Paris and tens of thousands marched in scores of other cities, while strikers 01b00hobbled02b00 train traffic and public services in a one-day walkout by state workers protesting plans to extend the retirement age.02br
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001. Can I replace 'snaked through' with marched through without change of meaning? 02br
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002. What's the meaning of hobbled train traffic? My dictionary says limp. A person can limp and I don't think you can limp things eg ? I limped the dog. 05002br
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00Thanks in advance!010id6
  

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01. Can I replace 'snaked through' with marched through without change of meaning? 01font 00The idea of snaked through creates the vision that the march was not in a straight line, but 'threaded through' the streets of Paris02font 02br 002.

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  • Can I replace 'snaked through' with marched through without change of meaning?
  • 01font 00The idea of snaked through creates the vision that the march was not in a straight line, but 'threaded through' the streets of Paris02font 02br 002.
  • Hobbled here means crippled 0-
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01. Can I replace 'snaked through' with marched through without change of meaning? 01font00The idea of snaked through creates the vision that the march was not in a straight line, but 'threaded through' the streets of Paris02font02br
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001. No, 'marched through' doesn't mean the same thing. 'Marched through' refers to movement and tends to suggest a straight line. On the other hand, 'snaked through' is far more suggestive of the shape (not straight) of the line of protesters, and movement may not have been involved at all.02br
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10My dictionary says limp12blockquote
10N2G,02br
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00As to "snaked" vs. "marched". "snaked" gives a mental picture of a long line of protesters that extends as far as the eye can see in both di

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01cite10RayH12cite10As to "snaked" vs. "marched". "snaked" gives a mental picture of a long line of protesters that extends as far as the eye can see in both directions.12blockquote
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00I don't see this mental image. I thought snaked was that it moved 'like a snake' thus implying winding throug
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01cite10optilang12cite10 don't see this mental image. Please let me know your thoughts12blockquote
10I don't know what else I can say. Perhaps you are using an overly literal interpretation of the words. 0-
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0In the context, 'snaked through' suggests an very long, winding line to me, too.0-
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01cite10Yankee12cite101. No, 'marched through' doesn't mean the same thing. 'Marched through' refers to movement and tends to suggest a straight line. On the other hand, 'snaked through' is far more suggestive of the shape (not straight) of the line of protesters, and 11b10movement may not have been involved at all.12b
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