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Gene93 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
to moan and groan about something
Hello,
Is it unacceptable to leave "moan" out of: "He's always moaning and groaning about his salary"? I assume the sentence would sound fine even without "groan".
Is it unacceptable to leave "moan" out of: "He's always moaning and groaning about his salary"? I assume the sentence would sound fine even without "groan".
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I wouldn't say "unacceptable", but certainly less usual than leaving out "groaning".
- I wouldn't say "unacceptable", but certainly less usual than leaving out "groaning".
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I wouldn't say "unacceptable", but certainly less usual than leaving out "groaning".
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He's always moaning and groaning about his salary. (These two verbs just go together.)
He's always complaining about his salary.
He's always grousing about his salary.
He's always griping about his salary.
There are more colorful verbs.
He's always complaining about his salary.
He's always grousing about his salary.
He's always griping about his salary.
There are more colorful verbs.
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