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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

"unhealthy rage"

She damaged the brakes on the car because of her unhealthy rage.

Can "unhealthy" be used in the sentence above? It seems redundant as rage is never healthy, is it?
  

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` Perhaps 'uncontrollable rage' might be better, but I don't see how incandescent anger can damage a car's brakes. Repeated violent application of the brakes will damage the tyres first. Rover

— Rover_KE

  • ` Perhaps 'uncontrollable rage' might be better, but I don't see how incandescent anger can damage a car's brakes.
  • Repeated violent application of the brakes will damage the tyres first.
  • Rover
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Perhaps 'uncontrollable rage' might be better, but I don't see how incandescent anger can damage a car's brakes.

Repeated violent application of the brakes will damage the tyres first.

Rover
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Rover_KE`Perhaps 'uncontrollable rage' might be better, but I don't see how incandescent anger can damage a car's brakes.Repeated violent application of the brakes will damage the tyres first.Rover
But isn't rage difficult to control by definition? Are "uncontrollable" and "unhealthy" just used for emphasis?

The lady cut the brakes because she was ang
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Also, doesn't "incandescent" mean ":extremely angry" by definiton? Emotion: tongue tied
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AnonymousThe lady cut the brakes because she was angry.I didn't write the sentence. I heard it on TV.
It would have helped if you had told us that in your original post.
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Rover_KEIt would have helped if you had told us that in your original post.
I'm sorry.

Can anyone answer my questions, please? I'm still confused.

Thank you.
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Does she cut someone's brake lead in the hope that that person might be injured or killed. If that was the case, then 'uncontrollable rage might be appropriate. We need context if we are to give effective answers.
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fivejedjonDoes she cut someone's brake lead in the hope that that person might be injured or killed. Yes
Rage is unhealthy and difficult to control by nature, isn't it? I'm wondering if it is correct to use words like "unhealthy" and "uncontrollable" before "rage" if by definition "rage" is unhealthy and difficult to
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Most of us can control our rage to the extent that we don't try to kill people.
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fivejedjonMost of us can control our rage to the extent that we don't try to kill people.
Ok, I understand why "uncontrollable" can be used. Thank you.

But what about "unhealthy"? The use of "incandescent" above has confused me.

This example has nothing to do with the orignal post, but is it correct to say someone sprinkled "sweet sugar" onto
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AnonymousOk, I understand why "uncontrollable" can be used.
Actually, I take this back. I just checked Longman's Dictionary and it says rage is "a strong feeling of uncontrollable anger." So rage is "uncontrollable" by nature
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