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Taka Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Soften

What do you think this 'soften(ed)' mean here?
We are softened by the comforts technology brings to our lives.
  

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Soft here can be a characteristic, such as lazy, inactive, sedentary. It can also be a physical description, such as fat, unfit, out-of-shape. We have become less active because technology does so much for us.

  • Soft here can be a characteristic, such as lazy, inactive, sedentary.
  • It can also be a physical description, such as fat, unfit, out-of-shape.
  • We have become less active because technology does so much for us.
  • Thus, we have been softened .
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Soft here can be a characteristic, such as lazy, inactive, sedentary. It can also be a physical description, such as fat, unfit, out-of-shape. We have become less active because technology does so much for us. Thus, we have been softened.

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