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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Writing vs Conversational
Hi,
I’d like to know why the word “commune” is used only in writing (eg. commune with nature) and not in conversational/spoken English? Albeit, I did look up several books/ reference sites hoping to find a convincing answer …alas…! my search often ended with results showing either it’s definition or the history of its origin !...and yet my question remains unanswered…! So here I am, hoping to find an answer to this unanswered question of mine!
I’d like to know why the word “commune” is used only in writing (eg. commune with nature) and not in conversational/spoken English? Albeit, I did look up several books/ reference sites hoping to find a convincing answer …alas…! my search often ended with results showing either it’s definition or the history of its origin !...and yet my question remains unanswered…! So here I am, hoping to find an answer to this unanswered question of mine!
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I say it, certainly, There are indeed few or no words that are written but not spoken or vice versa. What gave you the idea that 'commune' is not spoken?
- I say it, certainly, There are indeed few or no words that are written but not spoken or vice versa.
- What gave you the idea that 'commune' is not spoken?
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I say it, certainly, There are indeed few or no words that are written but not spoken or vice versa. What gave you the idea that 'commune' is not spoken?
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Thankyou very much for answering in 
...feels so releived in knowing that I have not been wrong in using it in spoken English!...but
...feels so releived in knowing that I have not been wrong in using it in spoken English!...but 00
'To commune with Nature' is certainly a common collocation, but the word is certainly not limited to that context:
Go to Mass when the hunger beckons, commune with friends and nature
Axons commune with dendrites across the synaptic gap.
I walk my dogs to the graveyards and commune with the island dead.
Twofeathers had taught him th
Go to Mass when the hunger beckons, commune with friends and nature
Axons commune with dendrites across the synaptic gap.
I walk my dogs to the graveyards and commune with the island dead.
Twofeathers had taught him th
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Once again thankyou very much for your assistance. The examples cited by you have been of immense help to me especially b'cause they give me a better insight into the usage of this word.
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