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Personal chattels vs Identified goods

Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

in brief

English answer:

in brief

Added to glossary by Jenni Lukac (X)
Aug 27, 2012 16:21
12 yrs ago
4 viewers *
English term

in brief

English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting art and picture
I would like to know which is the best between in brief or briefly.
The context is: In brief: the way our painter highlights expressive language is … ineluctable corollary of improvisations made magical by a creativity mainly taming the indomitable instinct
Responses
4 +6 in brief
Change log

Aug 27, 2012 16:31: Tom in London changed "Language pair" from "Italian to English" to "English to Italian"

Aug 27, 2012 16:32: writeaway changed "Language pair" from "English to Italian" to "English"

Sep 10, 2012 07:22: Jenni Lukac (X) Created KOG entry

Responses

+6
26 mins
Selected

in brief

My choice, and I believe the only one of two that sounds natural.
Peer comment(s):
agree Effie Simiakaki (X)
14 mins
Cheers and thanks, Effie.
agree Ashutosh Mitra
21 mins
Thanks very much, Ashutosh.
agree Veronika McLaren
25 mins
Cheers and thanks, Veronika.
agree Raffaella Berry
1 hr
Thanks very much, Rafaella.
agree B D Finch : Just as well to put something in that sentence that sounds natural: the rest of it is utter nonsense.
1 day 17 hrs
Thanks, BD. You hit the nail on the head.
agree Phong Le
3 days 9 hrs
Cheers and thanks, Phong. Have a marvelous weekend.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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