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2- According to the example you gave above, I understand that you use "snapped" as a verb, so if I want to use it as "adjective", what can I say?
"after years of abuse,she snapped and shot her husband", so she is (........). What's the the adjective that gives the same meaning?
I don't know that there is an adjective that has the same meaning. You might say someone "burst into tears" but you wouldn't say that they are "a burst." "Snapped" is the same kind of expression. It's just a verb.
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3- Doest it always come with negative actions?
Can I say, for instance, "That guy snapped and quit smoking."?
Thank you very much fleetiebelle
Snapped usually refers to something that happened quickly and perhaps aggressively. You could probably say that someone snapped and quit smoking, but that would depend on context.
"Snapped" as it's being discussed here comes from a metaphor - imagine a person hanging by a thread. If & when the thread snaps (breaks), the person falls. Someone who's under stress for a long time can come to feel that they are just barely able to maintain their composure - like their sanity is hanging by a thread. When the "thread" snaps (breaks), the person loses their composure and does something crazy.
"Snapped" is also the past tense of the verb "to snap", meaning to speak quickly and angrily.
"A snap" is usually used to refer to something that's easy - as quick and easy as snapping your fingers.
I don't know that there is an adjective that has the same meaning. You might say someone "burst into tears" but you wouldn't say that they are "a burst." "Snapped" is the same kind of expression. It's just a verb.
Snapped usually refers to something that happened quickly and perhaps aggressively. You could probably say that someone snapped and quit smoking, but that would depend on context.
"Snapped" as it's being discussed here comes from a metaphor - imagine a person hanging by a thread. If & when the thread snaps (breaks), the person falls. Someone who's under stress for a long time can come to feel that they are just barely able to maintain their composure - like their sanity is hanging by a thread. When the "thread" snaps (breaks), the person loses their composure and does something crazy.
"Snapped" is also the past tense of the verb "to snap", meaning to speak quickly and angrily.
"A snap" is usually used to refer to something that's easy - as quick and easy as snapping your fingers.
When I use a translator, I understand the meaning well, we use such a word a lot at almost the same positions, when I looked at the dictionary, my understanding to it is also right, I just want to make sure of my understanding to the usage of this word in English as anadverb.
Ex:
The suspect allegedly broke into his home.
Who alleged here? The others NOT the suspect, right?
When I use a translator, I understand the meaning well, we use such a word a lot at almost the same positions, when I looked at the dictionary, my understanding to it is also right, I just want to make sure of my understanding to the usage of this word in English as anadverb.
Ex:
The suspect allegedly broke into his home.
Who alleged here? The others NOT the suspect, right?
Thanks
No, it's the suspect. Innocent until proven guilty, the suspect can only be alleged to break into someone else's home.
Roughly speaking, allege is used to mean accused of. allege is a legal term used to describe someone who has been charged with a crime, but who is innocent until proved guilty. It has passed into popular usage to mean someone who has possibly done something, usually but not always, bad.
No, it's the suspect. Innocent until proven guilty, the suspect can only be alleged to break into someone else's home.
So, I may not understand it
Look at this statement you used: "the suspect can only be alleged to break into someone else's home"
I understand it well.
I can also say: "The suspect is alleged by neighbors to break into someone else's home."
Or
"The suspect is alleged to break into someone else's home."
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I don't know if you can understand me as I mean, but take, for instance, using any other adverb such as: certainly, quickly...etc.
She is walking quickly. (The speaker (I), the one who says that).
The man certainly broke into his home. (The speaker also is the one who says that)
So
The man allegedly broke into his home.
I understand it as (others alleged him with doing something or he is alleged by others)
Roughly speaking, allege is used to mean accused of. allege is a legal term used to describe someone who has been charged with a crime, but who is innocent until proved guilty. It has passed into popular usage to mean someone who has possibly done something, usually but not always, bad.
We use such a meaning a lot in my language, but another word, of course, when I read the meaning you provided I understand it, the word itself is not new to me, but when it comes to its meaning in English as an adverb, I'm not really sure of my understanding.
Can you give me a synonymous to this word but as (an adverb)?
I don't know if you can understand me as I mean, but take, for instance, using any other adverb such as: certainly, quickly...etc.
She is walking quickly. (The speaker (I), the one who says that).
The man certainly broke into his home. (The speaker also is the one who says that)
It would not be proper to use certainly -- unless it is already a proven fact (suspect caught on video tape for instance).
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So
The man allegedly broke into his home.
I understand it as (others alleged him with doing something or he is alleged by others)
-Is this what you also meant?
Thank you Deelighted
Yes that is exactly what I meant
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