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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Take/go

Hello,

I'd like to ask whether both choices suggest 'inadequacy':

'It seems that the music doesn't go/take long enough to the end of the video.'

Thank you
  

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Sorry, but both wordings are incorrect. And neither suggest inadequacy by themselves. To suggest inadequacy, I would say: It seems that the music fails to reach the end of the video.

  • Sorry, but both wordings are incorrect.
  • And neither suggest inadequacy by themselves.
  • To suggest inadequacy, I would say: It seems that the music fails to reach the end of the video.
  • You could also say: It seems that the music cuts off before reaching the end of the video.
  • ) If you are curious, the other terms could be used if the sentence was reworded: It seems that the music doesn't go on until the end of the video.
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Sorry, but both wordings are incorrect. And neither suggest inadequacy by themselves.

To suggest inadequacy, I would say:
It seems that the music fails to reach the end of the video.
You could also say:
It seems that the music cuts off before reaching the end of the video.
(Which suggests a failure in editing.)

If you are curious, the other terms could be u

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