Times Magazine:

[Tom]

HI

TIMES MAGAZINE: Remark for an author:

" He writes all but a few competitors of his into ground"

Now please help me with the meaning :D WILL YOU???

Tom

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

Have you got any more context?

Amy
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[Tom]

Dear Amy

It was just a remark in Times Magazine on one author. Do you find it incomplete?

Tom

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

There is an idiom "run into the ground" which means to "make or cause something to be less successful".

So, a meaning I can imagine is that the author has possibly written negative things about most of his competition (other writers) in order to make them less successful. (i.e., The idiom was used, but the word "run" was replaced by "write" because it refers to an author. A little play on words...) Seems unlikely, though....

The only other possibility I can think of is that the author simply writes more or better than most of his competition, possibly causing them to be less successful --- or simply less successful in comparison.

Hope that helps.
Amy
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[Tom]

yes it was 100% help :D

I hope you are not going on vacation :cry: in the immediate future.
Tom