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Old 02-Apr-2008, 11:15
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Default Re: Grammatical usage in dictionary

When we talk of 'a romantic attachment', it often carries the idea that it will not last for a long time. We can always stop feeling that way towards someone and move on to feel that way about someone else, making it countable. A child's attachment to their mother is not the same;it cannot end and be transferred to someone else in the way we can change our romantic feelings.
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