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Vsuresh Posted 15 years ago
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Vocabulary
Hi
What does the expression in bold mean rather how should it be understood in the context?
It took a long time before Marcy was more than polite to the dog.
Suresh
What does the expression in bold mean rather how should it be understood in the context?
It took a long time before Marcy was more than polite to the dog.
Suresh
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What a terribly written sentence! Placing words or groups of words in bold is confusing and often superfluous. In fact, doing so didn't become popular until Microsoft Word offered the option.
- What a terribly written sentence!
- Placing words or groups of words in bold is confusing and often superfluous.
- In fact, doing so didn't become popular until Microsoft Word offered the option.
- Some would say that bolding is meant to add emphasis to the text.
- If you read the sentence without the words in bold, it means Marcy took a long time to become more familiar (and probably more at ease) with the dog.
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What a terribly written sentence! Placing words or groups of words in bold is confusing and often superfluous. In fact, doing so didn't become popular until Microsoft Word offered the option. Some would say that bolding is meant to add emphasis to the text. If you read the sentence without the words in bold, it means Marcy took a long time to become more familiar (and probably more at ease) with t
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