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Thank you! As you may have spotted, I am not a native English speaker, and I was confused by "false friends". The verb "to exacerbate" comes from French verb "
by nmc 13y ago
Thank you! As you may have spotted, I am not a native English speaker, and I was confused by "false friends".
The verb "to exacerbate" comes from French verb "exacerber", which means "to make more intense or more acute".
My post has been edited to reflect your comment.
- pygy_ 13y agoWhile we're picking nits, You could have replaced "exacerbated" with "magnified" in the original sentence. "it intensifies" sounds a bit weird too.