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Gene93 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
to settle down somewhere
Hello,
This has probably been discussed before, but I have a specific sentence. What would "They settled down in the Southern part of the country and lived happily ever after" suggest to you? Doesn't it mean that they traveled/moved around a lot? I think in the old days "settling down" also involved getting married.
Thank you.
This has probably been discussed before, but I have a specific sentence. What would "They settled down in the Southern part of the country and lived happily ever after" suggest to you? Doesn't it mean that they traveled/moved around a lot? I think in the old days "settling down" also involved getting married.
Thank you.
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To my ear "settled" means permanently located, and "settled down" additionally implies marriage, especially with "lived happily ever after".
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