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ShoHiro
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 Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:31 am Post subject: the use of "contaminate" |
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Hello teachers,
I would like to know the use of "contaminate."
(1) Friendship may be contaminated by money.
Is the sentence in (1) acceptable? Should "tarnished" be used instead of "contaminated"?
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Either would work.
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