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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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to get my java fix and to people watch

0Feeling hungry, I decided to find a place for breakfast and coffee. An open-air cafe was the perfect spot 01b00to get my java fix and to people watch.02b02br
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00Does the bolded part sound good to you? What about changing it to "to get my java fixed and to watch people?" Thanks.0-
  

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0The word choice, fix, sounds better to me because it implies the speaker is addicted to coffee just like a drug addict can't live without his/her daily fix. A fix is a slang word for drugs. 0-

— New2grammar

  • 0The word choice, fix, sounds better to me because it implies the speaker is addicted to coffee just like a drug addict can't live without his/her daily fix.
  • A fix is a slang word for drugs.
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0The word choice, fix, sounds better to me because it implies the speaker is addicted to coffee just like a drug addict can't live without his/her daily fix. A fix is a slang word for drugs. Of course, I could be wrong.0-
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0Yes, it's "fix." Fixed would mean there was something wrong with your java. 02br
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00I went downtown to get my shoes fixed. One of the heels got caught in a grate last week. While I was there, I stopped at La Dolce to get my gelato fix. 0-
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0Thanks, New2grammar and Del.02br
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00Now I get the "fix" part. What about "to people watch?" Is it better to reword it as "to watch people?" Thanks.0-
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0"people watch" is also a fixed expression. It does mean to watch people, but without any specific purpose.0-
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0Thanks, GG.02br
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00Are "to people watch" interchangeable with "to watch people?" 0-
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0Yes and no. 02br
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00People watch is rather fixed. It's an activity. If you "watch people" it sounds like you have a purpose, it's not the idle past time that 01i00people watching02i00 is.0-
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0Thanks, GG.02br
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00Got it.0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Yes and no. 12br
10People watch is rather fixed. It's an activity. If you "watch people" it sounds like you have a purpose, it's not the idle past time that 11i10people watching12i10 is.12br
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10In the activity of people watching,I think
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