Timeline for Does "stopping" imply permanence?
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| Jan 14, 2017 at 13:04 | comment | added | Hot Licks | It is completely legit to say "I stopped smoking a month ago, but unfortunately I've taken it up again", or something of that nature. If you stop at a stop light that doesn't imply you won''t go again, when it turns green. "Gave up" implies a slightly more permanent scenario, but does not mandate that one did not backslide. | |
| Jan 14, 2017 at 13:00 | comment | added | Ronald Sole | I have a number of acquaintances who have stopped and/or given up smoking any number of times - only to take it up again. It was only on the tenth attempt that I finally stopped/gave it up myself | |
| Jan 14, 2017 at 12:56 | answer | added | Chris H | timeline score: 5 | |
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| Jan 14, 2017 at 12:15 | history | edited | Andrew Leach♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 14, 2017 at 12:07 | history | asked | Vicki winsor | CC BY-SA 3.0 |