Timeline for Which word – 'leap, spring, bound (etc)' – is most appropriate for a single jump?
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| Jun 16, 2020 at 9:11 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Mar 8, 2015 at 0:46 | comment | added | WhatRoughBeast | Purely as a side note, I'd recommend using "as nimble as a cat" in place of "nimble like a cat". See the Ngram books.google.com/ngrams/… "Nimble like" is a rare construction. Even better, I think, would be to use "catlike", as in "In one catlike leap,...". | |
| May 25, 2013 at 16:10 | vote | accept | Soulz | ||
| Mar 31, 2013 at 3:25 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | Not a problem. Glad to help. I hope you stick around and keep participating. | |
| Mar 31, 2013 at 2:50 | comment | added | Soulz | @J.R. Good point. I will keep your words in mind. Thanks :) | |
| Mar 31, 2013 at 2:09 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | @Soulz: No problem. It never hurts to add something like, "I know all these words mean 'to jump,' but I'm wondering if one of them might imply [a higher/a more nimble/a more cat-like/a more sudden] jump than the others." Such clarifications make your question easier to answer correctly, and more interesting to the community at large; they demonstrate you've given your question more serious thought; they serve as a good model for other users who come here and ask questions. It's rare to find a question that delves into too much detail, but scant ones are unfortunately all too common. | |
| Mar 30, 2013 at 23:34 | comment | added | Soulz | @J.R. Thank your for the edit. It makes things clearer. I usually do the spadework before I ask questions. Only I thought definitions of the words in this instance were common knowledge. | |
| Mar 30, 2013 at 12:01 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | @Soulz: Even with those two additional sentences, it's still not clear what you're asking about, and your comment here was more enlightening than your additional sentences there. I've take the liberty to make an edit of my own to help you understand what I'm trying to say. Also, it wouldn't hurt to add a few remarks about what you found in a dictionary before you asked the question. That's something often considered to be a courtesy to include, if not a breach of etiquette to omit. The more effort you put into your questions, the more they will be appreciated and taken seriously. | |
| Mar 30, 2013 at 11:51 | comment | added | Soulz | @J.R. I guess you didn't noticed I added 2 more sentences with each option. | |
| Mar 30, 2013 at 11:34 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | @Soulz: When an answer isn't quite what you were looking for, that usually means you've asked a question with not enough detail. When you discover that happens, you need to fix your question, and not merely leave a comment to the answerer. Otherwise, many others will come here, read the question, and go down the same rabbit trail. | |
| Mar 30, 2013 at 10:25 | comment | added | Matt | @Soulz: I've changed my answer to more closely match your altered question. | |
| Mar 30, 2013 at 10:25 | history | edited | Matt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 30, 2013 at 9:57 | comment | added | Soulz | Oh I'm sorry my question wasn't clear. I wanted suggestions for 'in a single jump' in the first part of the sentence, not the verb. "In one leap/bound/spring" | |
| Mar 30, 2013 at 9:37 | history | answered | Matt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |