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Copysnake Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
What's the difference between "depend on" and "depend for"
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sarcasm • \SAHR-kaz-um\ • noun
1 : a sharp and often ---1--- or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain
2 *a : a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an ----2---- b : the use or language of sarcasm
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sarcasm • \SAHR-kaz-um\ • noun
1 : a sharp and often ---1--- or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain
2 *a : a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an ----2---- b : the use or language of sarcasm
Thank you for your attention!
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Hi, Let's first consider a simpler example. A baby depends for food on its mother. You could paraphrase roughly as follows.
- Hi, Let's first consider a simpler example.
- A baby depends for food on its mother.
- You could paraphrase roughly as follows.
- A baby needs its mother for purposes of food.
- A baby relies on its mother to provide food.
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Hi,
Let's first consider a simpler example.
A baby depends for food on its mother.
You could paraphrase roughly as follows.
A baby needs its mother for purposes of food.
A baby relies on its mother to provide food.
Do you have any questions about this?
Clive
Let's first consider a simpler example.
A baby depends for food on its mother.
You could paraphrase roughly as follows.
A baby needs its mother for purposes of food.
A baby relies on its mother to provide food.
Do you have any questions about this?
Clive
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copysnakea mode of satirical wit depending [for its effect] on bitter, caustic, and often ironic languageNote that depending on is also included here. The for phrase tells what is to be achieved; the on phrase tells the means by which it
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Good
example! Thank you!
I mistakenly thought that the preposition
"on" followed the word "effect".
Can I
explain this sentence like this: a satirical wit has such an effect because it
contains bitter, caustic, and ironic language?
example! Thank you!
I mistakenly thought that the preposition
"on" followed the word "effect".
Can I
explain this sentence like this: a satirical wit has such an effect because it
contains bitter, caustic, and ironic language?
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