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- 07-Nov-2012, 07:46 #1
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Does "near-sweep" mean an overwhelming victory? What does near-sweep mean?
Does it mean a victory that wins a lot more than the rival?
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- 07-Nov-2012, 07:48 #2
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Re: Does "near-sweep" mean an overwhelming victory? Context is important. Please provide enough for us to be able to deal effectively with your question.
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- 07-Nov-2012, 09:58 #3
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Re: Does "near-sweep" mean an overwhelming victory? Sometimes I feel we could use an emoticon for this request
Originally Posted by 5jj 
. Please be aware that I'm neither a native English speaker nor (at present) a teacher.
- 07-Nov-2012, 10:15 #4
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Re: Does "near-sweep" mean an overwhelming victory? Oh! I didn't know it has various meanings...sorry about that. Originally Posted by 5jj 
I found "near sweep" in this paragraph:
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In defeating Mitt Romney, the president carried Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, New Hampshire, Virginia and Wisconsin, a near sweep of the battleground states, and was holding a narrow advantage in Florida. The path to victory for Mr. Romney narrowed as the night wore along, with Mr. Obama winning at least 303 electoral votes.
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Is this enough context? I hope I'm expressing my question clear enough this time!
- 07-Nov-2012, 10:19 #5
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Re: Does "near-sweep" mean an overwhelming victory? A near sweep is not quite a clean sweep.
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- 07-Nov-2012, 10:40 #6
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Re: Does "near-sweep" mean an overwhelming victory? So...does "near sweep" still sound like a huge victory? Originally Posted by 5jj
("Not quite"here means "very close to~" right?)
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- 07-Nov-2012, 14:33 #7
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Re: Does "near-sweep" mean an overwhelming victory? IMO, yes to both.
Please be aware that I'm neither a native English speaker nor (at present) a teacher.
- 07-Nov-2012, 22:27 #8
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Re: Does "near-sweep" mean an overwhelming victory? Note a near sweep of the battleground states, not of all of the states.
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