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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
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Hi,

If you could tell me which of the following phrases are correct AND COMMON in modern English?
  1. things that (don't) have life
  2. things without/with life
  3. inanimate things
I wonder if (1) and (2) are both ok? "equally common"?

An inanimate object is one that USED TO BE live in the past but is not any longer?
Or maybe (3) is just "never ever" used in real life? :-)

mus-te
  

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1 and 2 are neither common nor natural. inanimate things, lifeless things, nonliving things An inanimate object is one that USED TO BE live in the past but is not any longer? -- No, it need never be, like a rock.

— Mister Micawber

  • 1 and 2 are neither common nor natural.
  • inanimate things, lifeless things, nonliving things An inanimate object is one that USED TO BE live in the past but is not any longer?
  • -- No, it need never be, like a rock.
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1 and 2 are neither common nor natural.

inanimate things, lifeless things, nonliving things

An inanimate object is one that USED TO BE live in the past but is not any longer? -- No, it need never be, like a rock.
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