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Jackson6612 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
What we have to do is to be forever curious
What we have to do is to be forever curious, testing new opinions and courting new impressions.
These are the definitions of 'impression' and 'court' from Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary. Which one of the definitions fit best in the above context. Also given below are the definition which better suit the above context in my view.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impression
1 b: an effect of alteration or improvement
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/court[2]
1 a: to seek to gain or achieve
These are the definitions of 'impression' and 'court' from Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary. Which one of the definitions fit best in the above context. Also given below are the definition which better suit the above context in my view.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impression
1 b: an effect of alteration or improvement
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/court[2]
1 a: to seek to gain or achieve
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From M-W online, the definition of "impression" that seems to me to fit best is "a telling image impressed on the senses or the mind". The definition of "court" that you cite seems about right, and so, in an overlapping kind of way, does "to act so as to invite or provoke".
- From M-W online, the definition of "impression" that seems to me to fit best is "a telling image impressed on the senses or the mind".
- The definition of "court" that you cite seems about right, and so, in an overlapping kind of way, does "to act so as to invite or provoke".
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From M-W online, the definition of "impression" that seems to me to fit best is "a telling image impressed on the senses or the mind".
The definition of "court" that you cite seems about right, and so, in an overlapping kind of way, does "to act so as to invite or provoke".
The definition of "court" that you cite seems about right, and so, in an overlapping kind of way, does "to act so as to invite or provoke".
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Thank you very much, Mr W.
For my own reference:
From M-W online, the definition of "impression" that seems to me to fit best is "a telling (effective, expressive) image impressed on the senses or the mind".
The definition of "court" that you cite seems about (almost) right, and so, in an overlapping kind of way, does "to act so as to invite or provoke" (h
For my own reference:
From M-W online, the definition of "impression" that seems to me to fit best is "a telling (effective, expressive) image impressed on the senses or the mind".
The definition of "court" that you cite seems about (almost) right, and so, in an overlapping kind of way, does "to act so as to invite or provoke" (h
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