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Grammar and Linguistics > Need help - "as minute" used as a linking word
Need help - "as minute" used as a linking word
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Sorcha
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Need help - "as minute" used as a linking word
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Please read this brief summary of a paragraph. Which word can I use to replace "as minute"? Thanks. "Research as uncovered evidence of prehistoric dentistry, as minute, round holes in 8000-year-old teeth cannot have been caused by bacteria."
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27 Feb 2015
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Peter Hardy
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Dear Sorcha,. �minute � is not a linking word, but an adjective, meaning very little/small. Check your dictionary for the pronunciation, which is different from the 60 second kind of minute. Cheers, Peter 
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27 Feb 2015
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douglas
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Had me stumped for a second too.
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27 Feb 2015
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spinney
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"Minuscule" should work, too. But I think Lynne �s works better. Also, Peter is right, "minute" is a partial homonym (I think that �s what they are called) and has two meanings with two different pronunciations.
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27 Feb 2015
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cunliffe
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Or to replace �as � ... �since � or �because � |
27 Feb 2015
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Zora
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Hi Spinney! It �s actually called a "homograph". Words that look the same but have different meanings and are pronounced differently. :)
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27 Feb 2015
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spinney
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Hi Zora! I think a homograph just means that the words are spelt the same (bat means an animal or an implement for hitting balls and burglars) whereas a partial homonym means they sound different despite the spelling (row meaning a line of something or an awful noise). But why it �s called a "partial" homonym and not a "full" one is beyond me. I think somebody posted the "wound the bandage around the wound," thingy on here once before and started a debate on it. My students hate homonyms, by the way. I rather like them.  |
28 Feb 2015
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