Hi,
Can the level of selling subside? I thought subside would only be used for bad conditions or negative ideas.
Thanks
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Hi,
Can the level of selling subside? I thought subside would only be used for bad conditions or negative ideas.
Thanks
In AmE - there isn't really a requirement that the thing decreasing be 'negative' to be able to use the word subside.
One could talk of the pain subsiding ... becoming less painful - positive.
One could also talk of the joy subsiding ... becoming more sad - negative.
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Not a teacher, 53-year-old American.
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… and that’s my opinion
It's the same in BrE.Quote:
In AmE - there isn't really a requirement that the thing decreasing be 'negative' to be able to use the word subside.