[GAguy]

Hey, English is not my native language and I'm looking for a synonym for: "to take a blow," but something that would fit in this phrase: "It was a blow for his honour".

Thanks

[Good bloke]

(Original post by GAguy)
Hey, English is not my native language and I'm looking for a synonym for: "to take a blow," but something that would fit in this phrase: "It was a blow for his honour".

Thanks

Use a thesaurus, like this one: http://thesaurus.com/browse/blow

[DisconcertingWink1]

(Original post by GAguy)
Hey, English is not my native language and I'm looking for a synonym for: "to take a blow," but something that would fit in this phrase: "It was a blow for his honour".

Thanks

Also, "It was a blow for his honour" doesn't make sense. It should be: "It was a blow to his honour."

[Good bloke]

(Original post by DisconcertingWink1)
Also, "It was a blow for his honour" doesn't make sense. It should be: "It was a blow to his honour."

Unless, talking about a circuit judge, it should have read It was a blow for His Honour....

[DisconcertingWink1]

(Original post by Good bloke)
Unless, talking about a circuit judge, it should have read It was a blow for His Honour....

True. I assumed it was an abstract noun in this case.

[pappu]

I know I may be asking quite a bit but can anyone provide a complete list of vocab + meaning needed for AS English lit? (pathetic fallacy, etc) my teacher isn't exactly a good teacher and I'm not sure what sort of revision guide I need

[Good bloke]

(Original post by pappu)
I know I may be asking quite a bit but can anyone provide a complete list of vocab + meaning needed for AS English lit? (pathetic fallacy, etc) my teacher isn't exactly a good teacher and I'm not sure what sort of revision guide I need

It is the entire English language, as it would depend on what words are used in the book being read. The best vocabulary list would be the OED.

[GAguy]

Thanks for the previous responses, but I tried various thesaurus before and they don't offer 'blow' in that meaning, which is why I asked for help here...

[priyanshi deshmukh]

[QUOTE=Wildebeest;13536061]The English academic help forum naturally attracts a lot of grammar and vocabulary questions, many of which are small enough to be confined to a designated sticky thread. Please post any quick questions in here, and new threads made for minor queries will from now on merged into this one.

This thread is certainly not an attempt to stifle any intellectual pedantry and general pretentiousness that is conducive to a lively English forum! You are most welcome to make individual threads for more extensive or detailed queries, but try to keep the smaller ones in here so that the forum is tidier.[/QU

make a sentence from the words

[priyanshi deshmukh]

(Original post by 02mik_e)
Nice Thread

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[priyanshi deshmukh]

i want ans of the qestion
make sentense from ginen wors


1. broke up - get seaprated
2.scall of - cancel
3.run out of-getting less

[Jackb95]

(Original post by GAguy)
Hey, English is not my native language and I'm looking for a synonym for: "to take a blow," but something that would fit in this phrase: "It was a blow for his honour".

Thanks

A detriment?

[Oh my Ms. Coffey]

Do you need to capitalise theories Ie. the Big Bang theory.

[Vybz Kartel]

[the bear]

(Original post by GAguy)
Hey, English is not my native language and I'm looking for a synonym for: "to take a blow," but something that would fit in this phrase: "It was a blow for his honour".

Thanks

you might say " his honour was besmirched "

[ByronicHero]

(Original post by Oh my Ms. Coffey)
Do you need to capitalise theories Ie. the Big Bang theory.

No.

[_YaS_]

Hi all

i have a question concerning syntax/ word order


so i have this sentence:

He will also allow at least 6 million people with different types of federal student loans a chance to consolidate them into one while reducing their interest rate by a half percent starting in January.

i thought
he= subject
will also allow= verb
at least 6 million people with different types of federal student loans= direct object
a chance to consolidate them into one = indirect object

and then there is a prepositional phrase starting with the preposition "while"

reducing= verb
their interest rate= subject
by a half percent= direct object
starting January= adverbial of time

well actually i have no idea, does anyone know the right answer??

thanks

[_becca]

(Original post by GAguy)
Thanks for the previous responses, but I tried various thesaurus before and they don't offer 'blow' in that meaning, which is why I asked for help here...

You could change the syntax around, so instead of 'it was a blow to his honour', say, 'It sullied his honour', 'It besmirched his honour' etc.

[speedbird]

(Original post by _YaS_)
i thought
he= subject
will also allow= verb
at least 6 million people with different types of federal student loans= direct object This is the indirect object
a chance to consolidate them into one = indirect object This is the DIRECT object

and then there is a prepositional phrase starting with the preposition "while"

reducing= verb
their interest rate= subject This is the direct object
by a half percent= direct object This is just an adverbial clause
starting January= adverbial of time

The subject is still 'he'.

well actually i have no idea, does anyone know the right answer??

thanks

. . .

[speedbird]

(Original post by Oh my Ms. Coffey)
Do you need to capitalise theories Ie. the Big Bang theory.

Ie or eg?