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 #2 (permalink) Sun Jul 06, 2008 20:14 pm "bear the meaning"? |
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No, Nessie, that does not sound particularly natural to my ear.
(In addition, to be grammatically correct, you would have to write 'bears'.)
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| #3 (permalink) Sun Jul 06, 2008 20:25 pm Does "bear the meaning" sound natural? |
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Thanks a lot, Amy,
So we never say "bear the meaning"? how about "have the meaning"? And is there any other ways of expressing this idea?
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| #4 (permalink) Sun Jul 06, 2008 20:31 pm Does "bear the meaning" sound natural? |
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Hi Nessie
You could say 'bears the meaning', but it's not a common usage. You can also say 'has the meaning'. You can also simply say 'means'. :wink:
Depending on the broader context, you might say that something 'suggests a meaning' or that something 'has/carries the sense of/that', etc.
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