Pchuang Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
exhausted reader: tired or no more left
0 One recent prediction foreshadows the first quarter of 2043 as the moment when newsprint dies in the US “as 01 font 00 the last exhausted reader 02 font 00 tosses aside the last crumpled edition”. 02 br
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00 i suspect the word "exhausted" here does not refer to the physical or mental state of the reader, rather, it means the number of readers has run out. yet the text only says "reader" not "readers" and that confuses me. to me, "one of the last exhausted readers" seems easier to understand and may be a better expression. 02 br
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00 what you think? 0-
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00 i suspect the word "exhausted" here does not refer to the physical or mental state of the reader, rather, it means the number of readers has run out. yet the text only says "reader" not "readers" and that confuses me. to me, "one of the last exhausted readers" seems easier to understand and may be a better expression. 02 br
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00 what you think? 0-
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0 It's fine. 02 br 02 br 00 >i suspect the word "exhausted" here does not refer to the physical or mental state of the reader 02 br 02 br 00 No, it refers to exactly that. 0-
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0 It's fine. 02 br
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00 >i suspect the word "exhausted" here does not refer to the physical or mental state of the reader 02 br
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00 No, it refers to exactly that. 0-
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00 >i suspect the word "exhausted" here does not refer to the physical or mental state of the reader 02 br
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00 No, it refers to exactly that. 0-
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