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Consider the following sentence:
"One of these eightysomethings summed up her life as 'patch, patch, patch'.”
What does 'patch, patch, patch' mean in this context?
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You really must start telling us where you find these sentences you are asking about. Knowing the source and context of quoted text help us to give you better answers. 'Eighty-somethings' should be hyphenated.
- You really must start telling us where you find these sentences you are asking about.
- Knowing the source and context of quoted text help us to give you better answers.
- 'Eighty-somethings' should be hyphenated.
- Without any context, I have to guess that she's probably spent a large part of her life mending and stitching up old clothes — putting patches on them.
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You really must start telling us where you find these sentences you are asking about. Knowing the source and context of quoted text help us to give you better answers.
'Eighty-somethings' should be hyphenated. Without any context, I have to guess that she's probably spent a large part of her life mending and stitching up old clothes — putting patches on them.
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