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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Wear it down

Hi.
"Each day you should chip away at it; wear it down. There's no quick fix."

Is He instructing us to wear it down?If there was a '.' instead of ';' I wouldn't start this thread.
  

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Hi, "Each day you should chip away at it ; wear it down. " Is He instructing us to wear it down? Yes.

— Clive

  • Hi, "Each day you should chip away at it ; wear it down.
  • " Is He instructing us to wear it down?
  • Yes.
  • ' instead of ';' I wouldn't start this thread.
  • Why do you object to joining two sentences with a semi-colon?
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Hi,

"Each day you should chip away at it; wear it down. There's no quick fix."

Is He instructing us to wear it down? Yes.

If there was a '.' instead of ';' I wouldn't start this thread. Why do you object to joining two sentences with a semi-colon?

Clive
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With a ';', I think there us a relation between the previous written piece and the next 'phrase'.
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Hi,

Yes.

You don't see a relationship between 'chip away at something' and 'wear something down'?

Clive
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Not that.I mean grammatical relationship.I see only a symantic one here
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Hi,

In terms of grammar, the only requirement is that each part be capable of standing independently,

In other words, it should be possible to replace the semi-colon with a period.
It is, in this case, if you interpret 'wear it down' as an i
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