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Osee Posted 19 years ago
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Soft drinks are the prototypical junk food, ....
Soft drinks are the prototypical junk food; they contain sweeteners but few or no nutrients.
Why using prototypical here? How about just using typical?
Why using prototypical here? How about just using typical?
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Hi, Soft drinks are the prototypical junk food; they contain sweeteners but few or no nutrients. Why using prototypical here? How about just using typical ?
- Hi, Soft drinks are the prototypical junk food; they contain sweeteners but few or no nutrients.
- Why using prototypical here?
- How about just using typical ?
- When you add proto- in front of a word like this, you are saying that it is the earliest or first of its type.
- Sometimes, more loosely, we just do it to mean 'very', ie to intensify the meaning.
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Hi,
Soft drinks are the prototypical junk food; they contain sweeteners but few or no nutrients.
Why using prototypical here? How about just using typical?
When you add proto- in front of a word like this, you are saying that it is the earliest or first of its type. Sometimes, more loos
Soft drinks are the prototypical junk food; they contain sweeteners but few or no nutrients.
Why using prototypical here? How about just using typical?
When you add proto- in front of a word like this, you are saying that it is the earliest or first of its type. Sometimes, more loos
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