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Article #4593Re: cope with classmate? - wrong?
From: Matthew Stannard
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 00:00
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--------------1F17F00C99A355105A42C168 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Wong wrote: > Wong <kkwon@pc.jaring.my> wrote in article > <01bbae2f$2cb55d80$c7e08ea1@kkwon>... > > Is it wrong to use cope to mean to be able to contend with others? > Opions > > are appreciated! > > One can say "cope with". Therefore it is probably not right to say that that "cope" includes the "with" as your definition would seem to suggest. The Concise Oxford Dictionary gives: v.intr. (foll.by with) deal effectively or contend successfully with a person or task. So I think you are right. --------------1F17F00C99A355105A42C168 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML> Wong wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>Wong <kkwon@pc.jaring.my> wrote in article <BR><01bbae2f$2cb55d80$c7e08ea1@kkwon>... <BR>> Is it wrong to use cope to mean to be able to contend with others? Opions <BR>> are appreciated! <BR>></BLOCKQUOTE> One can say "cope with". Therefore it is probably not right to say that that "cope" includes the "with" as your definition would seem to suggest. The Concise Oxford Dictionary gives: <I>v.intr. </I>(foll.by <I>with</I>) deal effectively or contend successfully with a person or task. <BR>So I think you are right. <BR> </HTML> --------------1F17F00C99A355105A42C168--
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f7e96,33164730a6d9a676,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf7e96,public X-Google-Thread: ff62a,33164730a6d9a676,start X-Google-Attributes: gidff62a,public X-Google-Thread: ff20b,33164730a6d9a676,start X-Google-Attributes: gidff20b,public X-Google-Thread: 102ffd,ec7ea6507b382ce3 X-Google-Attributes: gid102ffd,public From: Matthew Stannard <meanwhile@nospambondkey.prestel.co.uk> Subject: Re: cope with classmate? - wrong? Date: 1997/09/29 Message-ID: <3430127B.275954D1@nospambondkey.prestel.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 276501338 References: <01bbae2f$2cb55d80$c7e08ea1@kkwon> <01bbae30$5f013b00$c7e08ea1@kkwon> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Organization: Bondkey Newsgroups: alt.usage.english,can.english,ucb.english,uw.english-usage