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Creativeguru Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

What does it mean?

0silence is abhorrent to him.02br
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00Does it mean, a person is very talkative .....0-
  

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0Possibly, but there are a number of other possible meanings too. 0-

— Nona the brit

  • 0Possibly, but there are a number of other possible meanings too.
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0Possibly, but there are a number of other possible meanings too. The opposite of silence isn't 'talking'.0-
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0 Original sentence from newspaper: 02br
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00He gallantly offered to cut his golf game short and accompany me on walks. I jumped at the offer. But, there was another problem —01b00 silence is abhorrent to him.02b00 One day, my mind was on his non-stop jabber when i stepped on a pebble and got an ankle sprain that kept me out of action for three weeks
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0Usually: 01i00he hates silence. 02i02br
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01i00he just can't stop talking/he just doesn't know when to stop talking02i0-
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0 Thanks Marius Hancu to clarify the meaning 0-
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0You don't want "pebble." A pebble is what you get in your shoe and irritates you until you take your shoe off and dump it out. A mouse might be able to twist an ankle on a pebble. 0-
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0But 'Pebble' means stone so i though its appropriate to use in the sentence0-
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0A pebble is a VERY SMALL stone.0-
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0 Thanks Grammar Geek 0-
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