Rollercoaster1
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- Oct 28, 2015
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- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Urdu
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- Pakistan
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- Pakistan
Hello everyone,
It's obvious for a lot of people learning or teaching English language for a long long time that many English words have multiple meanings or definitions. I found a word, on Dictionary.com, that has many definitions as well. The word is "rap". I went down the definitions from top, and when I found something that was not understandable for me, I, then, noted that down. here is what is confusing. The Dictionary.com describes it as noun:
(quoting) The sound produced by such a blow: They heard a loud rap at the door.
If the sentence was in this form (They heard a loud rap on the door) I could understand that rap was a blow applied to the door. Because, honestly if I haven't read the definition on Dictionary.com, and had heard this sentence from someone else I could surely and possibly take this sentence as (They heard a rap (music) at the door). It's not necessary to put "music" after "rap", but I have done it so it could clear the confusion.
Regards!
It's obvious for a lot of people learning or teaching English language for a long long time that many English words have multiple meanings or definitions. I found a word, on Dictionary.com, that has many definitions as well. The word is "rap". I went down the definitions from top, and when I found something that was not understandable for me, I, then, noted that down. here is what is confusing. The Dictionary.com describes it as noun:
(quoting) The sound produced by such a blow: They heard a loud rap at the door.
If the sentence was in this form (They heard a loud rap on the door) I could understand that rap was a blow applied to the door. Because, honestly if I haven't read the definition on Dictionary.com, and had heard this sentence from someone else I could surely and possibly take this sentence as (They heard a rap (music) at the door). It's not necessary to put "music" after "rap", but I have done it so it could clear the confusion.
Regards!