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Paweł Piotr Stawski
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 4:34 am
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Samuel Watson almost ______________ paved the way for Coventry's involvement
in the clock and watch business >HAND.
What form would be suitable here? My dictionaries failed.
Pawel
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Pawel Piotr Stawski
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 4:51 am
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difficult
Pawel
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| Quote: | Paweł Piotr Stawski wrote:
Samuel Watson almost ______________ paved the way for Coventry's
involvement in the clock and watch business >HAND.
What form would be suitable here? My dictionaries failed.
I think it's "single-handedly".
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
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Einde O'Callaghan
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 4:52 am
Post subject: Re: hand wordformation |
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Paweł Piotr Stawski wrote:
| Quote: | Samuel Watson almost ______________ paved the way for Coventry's involvement
in the clock and watch business >HAND.
What form would be suitable here? My dictionaries failed.
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I think it's "single-handedly".
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
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John Hall
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 4:59 am
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In article <26080$439f3e78$d4ba586d$32267@news.chello.pl>,
Paweł Piotr Stawski <english@stawski.pl> writes:
| Quote: | Samuel Watson almost ______________ paved the way for Coventry's involvement
in the clock and watch business >HAND.
What form would be suitable here? My dictionaries failed.
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That depends on what you are trying to say. From the mention of "hand"
in the Subject, the word that you want could be "single-handedly", if
you are trying to say that he did it with almost no help from anyone
else.
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John Hall
"I am not young enough to know everything."
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) |
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Molly Mockford
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 5:40 am
Post subject: Re: hand wordformation |
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At 22:51:21 on Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Pawel Piotr Stawski
<english@stawski.pl> wrote in
<dadab$439f425c$d4ba586d$1192@news.chello.pl>: (Re-ordered)
| Quote: | "Einde O'Callaghan" <einde.ocallaghan@planet-interkom.de> napisal
w wiadomosci news:408u0fF19bmdhU2@individual.net...
Paweł Piotr Stawski wrote:
Samuel Watson almost ______________ paved the way for Coventry's
involvement in the clock and watch business >HAND.
What form would be suitable here? My dictionaries failed.
I think it's "single-handedly".
difficult
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(Please don't top-post; it makes it difficult to reply in a sensible
order.)
What exactly do you find difficult about "single-handedly"? It's an
expression in very common use. Can you explain further what the problem
is?
--
Molly Mockford
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin
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Pawel Piotr Stawski
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 5:53 am
Post subject: Re: hand wordformation |
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Uzytkownik "Molly Mockford" <nospamnobody@mollymockford.me.uk> napisal w
wiadomosci news:ngRRkdmq30nDFwoQ@molly.mockford...
| Quote: | At 22:51:21 on Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Pawel Piotr Stawski <english@stawski.pl
wrote in <dadab$439f425c$d4ba586d$1192@news.chello.pl>: (Re-ordered)
"Einde O'Callaghan" <einde.ocallaghan@planet-interkom.de> napisal
w wiadomosci news:408u0fF19bmdhU2@individual.net...
Paweł Piotr Stawski wrote:
Samuel Watson almost ______________ paved the way for Coventry's
involvement in the clock and watch business >HAND.
What form would be suitable here? My dictionaries failed.
I think it's "single-handedly".
difficult
(Please don't top-post; it makes it difficult to reply in a sensible
order.)
What exactly do you find difficult about "single-handedly"? It's an
expression in very common use. Can you explain further what the problem
is?
--
Molly Mockford
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin
(My Reply-To address *is* valid, though may not remain so for ever.)
As a word, I catch it. However, in this sentence I could not come up with it |
on my own. That is why I wrote "difficult".
Pawel |
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Matti Lamprhey
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| Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2005 6:38 am
Post subject: Re: hand wordformation |
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"Pawel Piotr Stawski" <english@stawski.pl> wrote...
| Quote: | "Molly Mockford" <nospamnobody@mollymockford.me.uk> napisal...
Pawel Piotr Stawski <english@stawski.pl> wrote: (Re-ordered)
"Einde O'Callaghan" <einde.ocallaghan@planet-interkom.de> napisal
Paweł Piotr Stawski wrote:
Samuel Watson almost ______________ paved the way for Coventry's
involvement in the clock and watch business >HAND.
What form would be suitable here? My dictionaries failed.
I think it's "single-handedly".
difficult
What exactly do you find difficult about "single-handedly"? It's an
expression in very common use. Can you explain further what the
problem is?
As a word, I catch it. However, in this sentence I could not come up
with it on my own. That is why I wrote "difficult".
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It IS difficult, because it is a matter of idiom. Without the "almost"
I can guarantee that the majority of native speakers wouldn't have
thought of it, even with the "HAND" clue.
Matti |
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John of Aix
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 12:31 am
Post subject: Re: hand wordformation |
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Matti Lamprhey wrote:
| Quote: | "Pawel Piotr Stawski" <english@stawski.pl> wrote...
"Molly Mockford" <nospamnobody@mollymockford.me.uk> napisal...
Pawel Piotr Stawski <english@stawski.pl> wrote: (Re-ordered)
"Einde O'Callaghan" <einde.ocallaghan@planet-interkom.de> napisal
Paweł Piotr Stawski wrote:
Samuel Watson almost ______________ paved the way for Coventry's
involvement in the clock and watch business >HAND.
What form would be suitable here? My dictionaries failed.
I think it's "single-handedly".
difficult
What exactly do you find difficult about "single-handedly"? It's an
expression in very common use. Can you explain further what the
problem is?
As a word, I catch it. However, in this sentence I could not come up
with it on my own. That is why I wrote "difficult".
It IS difficult, because it is a matter of idiom. Without the
"almost" I can guarantee that the majority of native speakers
wouldn't have thought of it, even with the "HAND" clue.
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Stroo. I didn't think of it and I'm a native speaker. |
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