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08-Dec-2007, 13:16
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| |  He started yo-yoing and was soon hooked/addicted.
He started yo-yoing and was soon hooked/addicted.
Do both hooked and addicted fit in the above sample and mean about the same? Thanks. |
08-Dec-2007, 14:21
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| |  Re: He started yo-yoing and was soon hooked/addicted.
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Originally Posted by angliholic  He started yo-yoing and was soon hooked/addicted.
Do both hooked and addicted fit in the above sample and mean about the same? Thanks. | No, "addicted" doesn't work well there. He started yo-yoing and was soon hooked on it. 
The word "addicted" sugests a compulsion. Example: He was addicted to nicotine, and he smoked constantly.
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08-Dec-2007, 14:25
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| | Re: He started yo-yoing and was soon hooked/addicted.
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Originally Posted by RonBee No, "addicted" doesn't work well there. He started yo-yoing and was soon hooked on it. The word "addicted" sugests a compulsion. Example: He was addicted to nicotine, and he smoked constantly. | Thanks, Ron.
But I don't get it. Doesn't "hooked" alson suggest a compulsion? He played yo-yo constantly. |
08-Dec-2007, 20:32
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| | Re: He started yo-yoing and was soon hooked/addicted.
The word "hooked" has more positive connotations than the word "addicted" does. If that were not so you wouldn't be likely to hear of an organization calling itself Hooked on Phonics, would you?
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Thanks, Ron.
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