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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Which is the best?

The noise ( died / settled / quieted ) down.

Which do you think is the best in the above example?
  

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" would be a very typical sentence. The words settled and quieted don't work particularly well in the sentence since it is usually the person or thing making the noise which settles or quiets down.

  • " would be a very typical sentence.
  • The words settled and quieted don't work particularly well in the sentence since it is usually the person or thing making the noise which settles or quiets down.
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"The noise died down." would be a very typical sentence.

The words settled and quieted don't work particularly well in the sentence since it is usually the person or thing making the noise which settles or quiets down.
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Yankee"The noise died down." would be a very typical sentence.

The words settled and quieted don't work particularly well in the sentence since it is usually the person or thing making the noise which settles or quiets down.

Perfectly explained.

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