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Are both these sentences, and do they mean the same:
a) "I see sweet foods as a life pleasure, and I don't intend to give up on them."
b) "I see sweet foods as a life pleasure, and I don't intend to renounce them."
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I see sweet foods as one of life's pleasures, and I don't intend to give them up . give up on them suggests that they have not tried hard enough to do as you have taught them to do, so you've lost faith in them, which of course doesn't make a lot of sense. renounce sounds like it could be a proclamation that you will no longer have anything to do with sweets, so they will not inherit any of your wealth when you die.
- I see sweet foods as one of life's pleasures, and I don't intend to give them up .
- give up on them suggests that they have not tried hard enough to do as you have taught them to do, so you've lost faith in them, which of course doesn't make a lot of sense.
- renounce sounds like it could be a proclamation that you will no longer have anything to do with sweets, so they will not inherit any of your wealth when you die.
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I see sweet foods as one of life's pleasures, and I don't intend to give them up.
give up on them suggests that they have not tried hard enough to do as you have taught them to do, so you've lost faith in them, which of course doesn't make a lot of sense.
renounce sounds like it could be a proclamation that you will no longer have anything to do with sw
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