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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
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The next day was a dragged-out ordeal of worry, aimless wandering, and desultory shopping
I usually encounter expressions in English where two words having the same meanings stand side by side, most of the time one of them functioning as an adjective.
The next day was a dragged-out ordeal of worry, aimless wandering, and desultory shopping. Herman Wouk
wandering contains the notion of aimlessness in its own meaning so there is no need to modify it with an adjective of the same meaning. Perhaps, in such a case an adjective works more as an intensifier than a modifier.
The next day was a dragged-out ordeal of worry, aimless wandering, and desultory shopping. Herman Wouk
wandering contains the notion of aimlessness in its own meaning so there is no need to modify it with an adjective of the same meaning. Perhaps, in such a case an adjective works more as an intensifier than a modifier.
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Perhaps. And ordeals are generally dragged out. But I doubt that Herman Wouk was being careless.
- Perhaps.
- And ordeals are generally dragged out.
- But I doubt that Herman Wouk was being careless.
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Perhaps. And ordeals are generally dragged out. But I doubt that Herman Wouk was being careless.
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Perhaps. And ordeals are generally dragged out. But I doubt that Herman Wouk was being careless.
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