0
Messier42 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
What are the proper words? Are there any other proper words?
The car industry in detroit dwindled/diminished/decayed/declined. As a result if this, the number of people /dwindled/diminished/decayed/declined.
What are the proper words? Are there any other proper words?
What are the proper words? Are there any other proper words?
Top answer
You can use declined in both sentences. If you'd rather use two different words, you could choose dwindled for the second sentence. These are just stylistic ideas; I don't know if you could say there are proper or improper words, except maybe the following: dwindle and diminish carry an idea of numerable objects, for example, people.
- You can use declined in both sentences.
- If you'd rather use two different words, you could choose dwindled for the second sentence.
- These are just stylistic ideas; I don't know if you could say there are proper or improper words, except maybe the following: dwindle and diminish carry an idea of numerable objects, for example, people.
- It sounds strange to use them in connection to one thing, for example an industry .
- It also sounds strange to say that a number decayed.
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
1 Answers
0
You can use declined in both sentences. If you'd rather use two different words, you could choose dwindled for the second sentence.
These are just stylistic ideas; I don't know if you could say there are proper or improper words, except maybe the following:
dwindle and diminish carry an idea of numerable objects, for example, people. It sounds
These are just stylistic ideas; I don't know if you could say there are proper or improper words, except maybe the following:
dwindle and diminish carry an idea of numerable objects, for example, people. It sounds
0
Related Questions