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Fri 7 May, 2004 05:13 am
By all accounts, the family was extremely close. Lynndie and her siblings, an older sister and younger brother, spent much time together hunting, camping, fishing and swimming.
Close = intimate? Or confined to their own circle and refused to communicate with other families?
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oristarA wrote:....... Close = intimate? Or confined to their own circle and refused to communicate with other families?
"confined to their own circle and refusing to communicate with other families" would be 'closed'.
Close (soft 'c') is used as a past participal with gerund (adjectival) value; another example - 'close to the edge'.
Close is a verb - close the door.
My past participal and I used to do everything together.
want instigated the 'part' ing?
oops, gotta run................------->
Oops, Bo. "close" in this case is a simple adjective that follows a linking verb. Close the door is a verb with an understood subject "you".
Did I miss something?
Re: Close
BoGoWo wrote:
Close (soft 'c') is used as a past participal with gerund (adjectival) value; another example - 'close to the edge'.
How could "close" be a past participle? Sorry I didn't get it.
oristar, there are many words in the English language that are tricky:
clothes-stuff that you wear-noun
cloths-pieces of material (dust cloths)-noun
close-verb
close-adjective-
I think what Bo is talking about is "verbals", that is, words that include a verb, but function as other parts of speech.
To sing is fun.
Closing the door became quite difficult.
The pronunciation is different in the examples, depending on whether the vowel "o" has a short sound or a long sound.
Hope this helps.
In terms of the context here, dlowan was correct by defining 'close' as 'intimate.'
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