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Gene93 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
the clock's pendulum stopped swinging/oscillating
Hello,
Is it true that "The clock's pendulum stopped swinging" sounds odd? I found the sentence in Merriam Webster's Dictionary and I see nothing wrong with it, but it sounded odd to a few people.
Merriam Webster's Dictionary defines it as: "moving backward and forward or from side to side while hanging from something". I think so too, but I was told that a swing is "a movement in one direction only. For example, only forward or backward, rather than both.
Can't I trust the dictionary on this one?
Is it true that "The clock's pendulum stopped swinging" sounds odd? I found the sentence in Merriam Webster's Dictionary and I see nothing wrong with it, but it sounded odd to a few people.
Merriam Webster's Dictionary defines it as: "moving backward and forward or from side to side while hanging from something". I think so too, but I was told that a swing is "a movement in one direction only. For example, only forward or backward, rather than both.
Can't I trust the dictionary on this one?
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Gene93 Is it true that "The clock's pendulum stopped swinging" sounds odd? It sounds fine to me. Gene93 I was told that a swing is "a movement in one direction only.
- Gene93 Is it true that "The clock's pendulum stopped swinging" sounds odd?
- It sounds fine to me.
- Gene93 I was told that a swing is "a movement in one direction only.
- A strange definition; certainly not true of a child's swing.
- Gene93 Can't I trust the dictionary on this one?
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Gene93Is it true that "The clock's pendulum stopped swinging" sounds odd?It sounds fine to me.
Gene93I was told that a swing is "a movement in one direction only.A strange definition; certainly not true of a child's swing.
Gene93Can't I trust the dictionary on this one?You certainly can
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