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Natalia09 Posted 16 years ago
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Went down into..

can we say "went down into books" as we say "went down into history"?
  

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Hi, can we say "went down into books" as we say "went down into history"? Yes, but say these things this way. eg Napoleon went down in history as the world's greatest general.

— Clive

  • Hi, can we say "went down into books" as we say "went down into history"?
  • Yes, but say these things this way.
  • eg Napoleon went down in history as the world's greatest general.
  • eg Napoleon went down in the books as the world's greatest general.
  • The latter is a lot more informal.
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Hi,

can we say "went down into books" as we say "went down into history"?

Yes, but say these things this way.



eg Napoleon went down in history as the world's greatest general.



eg Napoleon went down in the books as the world's greatest general.



The latter is a lot more informal.


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It the part like "as the world's greatest general" obligatory or can we say "Napoleon went down in the books and thus in history "
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Hi,

We need to know why.

And use just one of these expressions, not both.

Clive
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We know why from the previous sentence. This is a translation from, and these two expressions are in German text too. May be we can say not to repeat the same expression "He was published in physics books and thus went down in history"?
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