Cognate object: Difference between revisions

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m Disambiguating links to English (link changed to English language) using DisamAssist.
m Examples: I’ve deleted a statement that was unencyclopedic in tone, and was incorrect regardless ("He had a bitter laugh" disproves the deleted proposition)
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*''He laughed a bitter laugh.'' (He laughed bitterly.)
*''He dreamed a strange dream.'' (He dreamed, and his dream was strange.)
(That seems to be the only example that has a more natural-sounding equivalent that would be used in everyday conversation: ''"He had a strange dream."'')
*''He walked their walk and talked their talk.'' (He walked and talked as they did.)
*''He smiled a charming smile.'' (He smiled, and his smile was charming.)