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Jobb Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Wrenching
Wrenching = ?
delivered in between sobs >>>> what use does 'in' have? Unless "deliver in" is a phrase.
Context:
The gaunt woman's wrenching televised statement — delivered in between sobs — puts new political pressure on Prime Minister Tony Blair's government, a day after it agreed to a U.S. request to transfer 850 British soldiers from southern Iraq to the Baghdad area to free American forces for new offensives against insurgents.
delivered in between sobs >>>> what use does 'in' have? Unless "deliver in" is a phrase.
Context:
The gaunt woman's wrenching televised statement — delivered in between sobs — puts new political pressure on Prime Minister Tony Blair's government, a day after it agreed to a U.S. request to transfer 850 British soldiers from southern Iraq to the Baghdad area to free American forces for new offensives against insurgents.
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'In between' is just an emphatic form of 'between', Jobb.
- 'In between' is just an emphatic form of 'between', Jobb.
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"wrenching statement" = a statement that breaks your heart, that arouses profound sympathy; also "heart-wrenching".
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