Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
personification?
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00 I don't know these are casesof personification but what I am trying to ask you is whether it is OK to use unnatural words or ones that dont' seem to fit based on my knowledge of the words usage in writing under different situations like business, academic, informal, etc. 02 br
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00 1. Hi, I saw a bird chirping on the electrical pole and while listening to the melody, I sort of saw it burping, and somehow, what it burped out landed on my friend's hat -- whew, whew. 02 br
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00 I am not so sure 'burping' can be used with birds. Burping can be used with humans. 02 br
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00 2.I was walking my favourite road and saw a big willow tree streching its branches and one of its branches smacked right into my cane. 02 br
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00 I am not sure about the use of 'stretching'. It seems natural with humans and what they do, but with an inanimate?? object? 02 br
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00 Can those two sentences be used in academic, or business, or informal writing situations? 0-
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00 I don't know these are casesof personification but what I am trying to ask you is whether it is OK to use unnatural words or ones that dont' seem to fit based on my knowledge of the words usage in writing under different situations like business, academic, informal, etc. 02 br
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00 1. Hi, I saw a bird chirping on the electrical pole and while listening to the melody, I sort of saw it burping, and somehow, what it burped out landed on my friend's hat -- whew, whew. 02 br
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00 I am not so sure 'burping' can be used with birds. Burping can be used with humans. 02 br
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00 2.I was walking my favourite road and saw a big willow tree streching its branches and one of its branches smacked right into my cane. 02 br
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00 I am not sure about the use of 'stretching'. It seems natural with humans and what they do, but with an inanimate?? object? 02 br
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00 Can those two sentences be used in academic, or business, or informal writing situations? 0-
Top answer
02 br 00 This is a difficult area to tread, Anon. Sometimes you can do that, and sometimes not-- often it depends on your general facility with the language. 02 br 02 br 01 i 00 Burp out 02 i 00 is not what people do either, if you mean 01 i 00 vomit 02 i 00 or 01 i 00 throw up 02 i 00 .
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00 This is a difficult area to tread, Anon. Sometimes you can do that, and sometimes not-- often it depends on your general facility with the language. Definitely save it for informal and literary writing. 02 br
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01 i 00 Burp out 02 i 00 is not what people do either, if you mean 01 i 00 vomit 02 i 00 or 01 i 00 thro
00 This is a difficult area to tread, Anon. Sometimes you can do that, and sometimes not-- often it depends on your general facility with the language. Definitely save it for informal and literary writing. 02 br
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01 i 00 Burp out 02 i 00 is not what people do either, if you mean 01 i 00 vomit 02 i 00 or 01 i 00 thro
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