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––How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?––
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8 O+ `9 ^: r* f, y/ y* |6 vLogically, a person can be careless, but a match can not be. ( And in my first language Chinese the equivalent or parallel expression is not allowed. You have to speak at least like this: a carelessly thrown match can start ...). But this is a common and economical way in English communication.
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I was wondering when one can use an adjective which is essentially related to mankind to qualify an inanimate concrete noun?* s. k* t3 @1 S9 E
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$ n, _: I8 E& n9 NI have once written “an easy understanding” and similar phrases, but "understanding" is an abstract noun and obviously a human action. , _# ^- V" R; _4 x" J, v m
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发表于 2019-12-13 08:24:37
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