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Morning Tamara,
Give up suggests not do any more, stop doing as in:
Charlie gave up smoking when his doctor told him that smoking was seriously damaging his health.
Give in suggests surrender, yield or no longer resist as in:
You can argue about it till you're blue in the face but I will not give in to your demands.
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| #3 (permalink) Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:41 am 'Don't give in without a fight' © Pink Floyd |
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Morning Alan,
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Clear, thanks.
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| Give up suggests not do any more, stop doing… |
Hmm. Can I then say 'Never give up your attempts to stop smoking' :) as an (ironical, of course) upturned/inversed equivalent to 'Try to give up smoking!'
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| #4 (permalink) Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:47 am 'Don't give in without a fight' © Pink Floyd |
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Hi,
Give up your attempts ? - well yes but I'd like to pad it out a bit and say: Never give up on/with your attempts. Maybe I'm being a bit nitpicky, though. Hope I haven't added confusion now!
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| #5 (permalink) Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:21 am 'Don't give in without a fight' © Pink Floyd |
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I’ll never give up with my attempts not to give in! :)
Learning language is often similar to disentanglement of a fish-tackle. Sometimes, when I pull a loop that seems so 'safe', the tangle just becomes even more twisted…
With all this going on, also keeping in mind old cans of worms... :)
…Thanks a lot, Alan!
I would have given up if there hadn’t been so many supportive people in the world.
Have a nice day!
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| #6 (permalink) Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:35 am 'Don't give in without a fight' © Pink Floyd |
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:lol:
I like that one, Tamara. What a vivid picture! :D
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