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Re: Sustenance - what does it mean?
Ronald 2007-Sep-23 02:17:00
To the native English speakers here:
is sustain (in the form of to sustain or maintain a
friendship/marriage/old car) a form of sustenance?
kind regards,
Ronald
--- In #removed#, "Jakob Norstedt-Moberg" <jakob@...> wrote:
>
> English is not my native language, so the definition of the word
> sustenance is not completely clear for me.
>
> I read about the theme at the WWP web page: "The definition of
> sustenance is a means of sustaining life or livelihood."
>
> Is this the full truth? I read definitions on the web that
> sustenance is the act of sustaining. But sustain is to bear up
> under, support from below, withstand, et cetera. Not necessarily
> something with life or livelihood.
>
> So, my English speaking fellows, can you imaging using sustenance
> for something not directly related to life?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jakob from Sweden
>