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Junkomama
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 Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:31 pm Post subject: incur |
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Hello, teachers.
My dictionary says that one of the meanings of "incur" is "to cause something undesirable" and show an example; "He incurred his wife's anger by arriving home late."
My question is "Can some affairs, matters, or things also incur something ? "
"His arriving home late incurred his wife's anger." is acceptable?
Thank you in advance!
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2006
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| Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:48 pm Post subject: Re: incur |
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Hello, teachers.
My dictionary says that one of the meanings of "incur" is "to cause something undesirable" and show an example; "He incurred his wife's anger by arriving home late."
My question is "Can some affairs, matters, or things also incur something ? " Yes, but I can't think of many examples. 'His stock portfolio incurred a large loss last week.'
"His arriving home late incurred his wife's anger." is acceptable? Yes
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Thank you in advance!
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Junkomama
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| Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks a lot, 2006-san!!
Regards,
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