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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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strike for
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Koreans all shre the same mother tongue and learn English from the same textbooks, following the same rigid curriculum. Not surprisingly, the English spoken by Koreans is striking for its uniformity.
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I searched a dictionary for a phrasal verb, strike for. The definition is that : to conduct a work stoppage in order to gain sth. I was stunned when I read it, wondering whether there would be any others or not. Is strike for used figuratively? The English is personified as a man? "I am the English who is forced to be on strike to be to preserve uniformity at the behest of the orders of the Koreans." Can I suppose that 'strike for' figuratively used means 'come to the same thing?
Koreans all shre the same mother tongue and learn English from the same textbooks, following the same rigid curriculum. Not surprisingly, the English spoken by Koreans is striking for its uniformity.
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I searched a dictionary for a phrasal verb, strike for. The definition is that : to conduct a work stoppage in order to gain sth. I was stunned when I read it, wondering whether there would be any others or not. Is strike for used figuratively? The English is personified as a man? "I am the English who is forced to be on strike to be to preserve uniformity at the behest of the orders of the Koreans." Can I suppose that 'strike for' figuratively used means 'come to the same thing?
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Striking here is an adjective, not a verb. The word for here means by reason of... q=striking
- Striking here is an adjective, not a verb.
- The word for here means by reason of...
- q=striking
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Striking here is an adjective, not a verb. The word for here means by reason of...
See:
https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/striking
See:
https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/striking
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AnonymousI searched a dictionary for a phrasal verb, strike for.Unfortunately, that was not the right thing to do. Look for 'striking', the adjective. It just means 'remarkable', which you can also look up in a dictionary if necessary.
CJ
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Anonymous I'm absolutely on the wrong track.Fortunately, the right track is just a short distance away.
CJ
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