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Wushu Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Succor
Is this how to use succor?
If that is the best you can do, you really need succor.
If that is the best you can do, you really need succor.
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There is a sense in which "succor" means "help", but not in the way you are using it. "Succor" means relief from distress, a need for aid. It does not simply mean inability to do something.
- There is a sense in which "succor" means "help", but not in the way you are using it.
- "Succor" means relief from distress, a need for aid.
- It does not simply mean inability to do something.
- So, no - in your example the word "help" would be better.
- An example of correct use taken from Merriam-Websters is: "religion was their chief succor".
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There is a sense in which "succor" means "help", but not in the way you are using it. "Succor" means relief from distress, a need for aid. It does not simply mean inability to do something. So, no - in your example the word "help" would be better. An example of correct use taken from Merriam-Websters is: "religion was their chief succor".
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Yes.
My apologies. I have a tendency to freely mix English and American spellings. It's a bad habit, I know, but I tend to regard both dialects as equally acceptable on the internet.
In this particular case, I pulled the definition from Merriam-Websters, which is of course an American dictionary. Chambers confirms the meaning with the British spelling. Well spotted, and thanks
My apologies. I have a tendency to freely mix English and American spellings. It's a bad habit, I know, but I tend to regard both dialects as equally acceptable on the internet.
In this particular case, I pulled the definition from Merriam-Websters, which is of course an American dictionary. Chambers confirms the meaning with the British spelling. Well spotted, and thanks
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you say it like you'd say "sucker" -
were you being comical again, maj?
were you being comical again, maj?
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It's pronounced:
/s@k@:/
with stress on the SECOND syllable. (see [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAMPA_Chart"]SAMPA[/url] for meaning of symbols). Actually, I don't really know how to write the correct pronunciation of the second syllable - it's one of those French things where the "r" is almost, bu
/s@k@:/
with stress on the SECOND syllable. (see [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAMPA_Chart"]SAMPA[/url] for meaning of symbols). Actually, I don't really know how to write the correct pronunciation of the second syllable - it's one of those French things where the "r" is almost, bu
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I listened to the way the word is pronounced on GuruNet, and it sounds like "sucker" to me. Maybe it's different in American and Brittish English?
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