| 词组 | avoiding repetition wonderful isn t it |
| 释义 | Contents overview avoiding repetition : Wonderful, isn't it?300 avoiding repetition: Wonderful, isn't it?Speech is more tolerant of repetition than formal writing (287), but even in spoken exchanges people often prefer to avoid repeating each other's words without a good reason. There is a common kind of exchange where one speaker gives his/her opinion of something, and the other agrees by saying the same thing in other words which are at least as emphatic. Repetition is carefully avoided.'Glorious day.''Wonderful, isn't it?' (not usually Glorious, isn't it?)'Terrible weather.''Dreadful.''United didn't play very well, then.''Absolute rubbish.'Speakers can of course repeat vocabulary and structures deliberately. This can be done for emphasis.I'm very very angry.You'll eat every mouthful. Every single mouthful.Repeating somebody else's words can show surprise or disbelief.'I'm getting married.''You're getting married? Who to?' For more about 'echo questions' of this kind, 304.Previous Next |
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