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Heralding Heretic Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
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Greetings and salutations,
Word is angry again. For now I have managed to hold him off, but I do not know how long I will be able to hold out.
Anyway, it seems to have a problem with the following sentence, yet I have no idea why. Is it wrong or am I overlooking something?
However, for reasons beyond comprehension, the situation suddenly debauched into a tickling contest.
Word is angry again. For now I have managed to hold him off, but I do not know how long I will be able to hold out.
Anyway, it seems to have a problem with the following sentence, yet I have no idea why. Is it wrong or am I overlooking something?
However, for reasons beyond comprehension, the situation suddenly debauched into a tickling contest.
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The use of "debauched" seems wrong. Perhaps you are thinking of "degenerated"?
- The use of "debauched" seems wrong.
- Perhaps you are thinking of "degenerated"?
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The use of "debauched" seems wrong. Perhaps you are thinking of "degenerated"?
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Thank you for replying. Yes, I thought that debouched could be interchanged with degenerated in this sentence. Could you please explain why it is not?
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As far as I know, one thing cannot "debauch into" another. The verb just isn't used like that.
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Heralding HereticThank you for replying. Yes, I thought that debouched could be interchanged with degenerated in this sentence. Could you please explain why it is not?Debouched is a different verb. It means to emerge from a narrow, constricted area into a wider, more open area. It might be applied to a river or a body of troops emerging f
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That was a typo, but I did not know that both excited.Thank you for pointing that out.
I wanted to convey that a casual conversation suddenly turned into a tickling contest. I used the verb to debauch because I thought that using it slightly out of context would highlight the sudden transition. I actually thought that it was a common expression, but I guess I was wrong.
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I wanted to convey that a casual conversation suddenly turned into a tickling contest. I used the verb to debauch because I thought that using it slightly out of context would highlight the sudden transition. I actually thought that it was a common expression, but I guess I was wrong.
It still
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