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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
through whatever of their actions/movements
I know my friends from the feel of their faces. But I cannot really picture their personalities through the thoughts they express to me, through whatever of their actions are revealed to me.
Hi,
Is "actions" in the above equivalent to "movements?" Thanks.
Hi,
Is "actions" in the above equivalent to "movements?" Thanks.
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It seems to be more than that-- any activity, act or deed.
- It seems to be more than that-- any activity, act or deed.
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It seems to be more than that-- any activity, act or deed.
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It seems to be more than that-- any activity, act or deed.
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Mister Micawber.Thanks, Mister.
It seems to be more than that-- any activity, act or deed.
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These two words in questions and the "act" as well as "deed" you mentioned are not different in our language and therefore extremely confusing.
To make sure, you mean "actions" is more than "movements," right? But I'm still confuse
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They are in rough order of complexity:
movement -- e.g. I raise my hand
activity-- I drink a bottle of wine
act-- I get dead drunk.
deed-- I beat my wife and am arrested.
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They are in rough order of complexity:
movement -- e.g. I raise my hand
activity-- I drink a bottle of wine
act-- I get dead drunk.
deed-- I beat my wife and am arrested.
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Mister Micawber.Thanks. Mister.
They are in rough order of complexity:
movement -- e.g. I raise my hand
activity-- I drink a bottle of wine
act-- I get dead drunk.
deed-- I beat my wife and am arrested.
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I think I got the meaning of movement and activity, but the meanings of act and deed are really close in yo
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True, and my short examples hardly do justice to the wavering differences among those very general words.
Line 17 of Mr Micawber's 3-Page Comprehensive Guide to the English Language reads: 'A deed is more formal than an act'.
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True, and my short examples hardly do justice to the wavering differences among those very general words.
Line 17 of Mr Micawber's 3-Page Comprehensive Guide to the English Language reads: 'A deed is more formal than an act'.
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Mister Micawber.Thanks, Mister.
True, and my short examples hardly do justice to the wavering differences among those very general words.
Line 17 of Mr Micawber's 3-Page Comprehensive Guide to the English Language reads: 'A deed is more formal than an act'.
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I think I get it now.
By the way, I
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