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    widely expanded characteristic?

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    widely expanded characteristic?

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    A widely expanded characeristic of this time was ...


    Does this phrase exist?

    Personally, I believe what she ( a non-native speaker) means is a "widespread characteristic", but on the other hand, she is quite in control of the language. Maybe, the phrase is used in America?


    Thank you very much for your help.
    VerfasserThe unwoken fool13 Mai 09, 17:11
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    what's the context? Personally, I think "widespread" is probably more apt, too.
    #1Verfasserdude13 Mai 09, 17:30
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    No. Sound dumb, like someone trying to reach too high rhetorically and not making it.

    Try
    "Widely diffused/dispersed"

    "Widespread" is good.

    #2VerfasserJoeSwiss13 Mai 09, 20:30
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    Looks to me like an overliteral translation of 'weitverbreitet' (or is that 'weit verbreitet'?).

    'Widespread' would at least be grammatical, but I wonder if 'common' or 'typical' might not be even better?
    #3Verfasser hm -- us (236141) 13 Mai 09, 20:41
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    "Widely expanded" is very odd.

    I would expect: a typical characteristic (or, perhaps, prominent feature) of the/this period
    #4VerfasserMikeE (236602) 13 Mai 09, 21:41
     
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