blend, combine or merge

English translation: blend

19:05 May 29, 2017
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English term or phrase: blend, combine or merge
What's the correct form? Or the most usal in British English?

The glass roof was designed to ______ in with thw original stonework.
A) merge
B) blend
C) combine
Telma Pacheco
Portugal
Local time: 05:53
Selected answer:blend
Explanation:
Although 'merge' might also be used, one would be less like to say "merge in with" — it would normally simple be "merge with"

Once again, the use of 'in' is a strong clue that the verb sought here is 'to blend in with'.
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Tony M
France
Local time: 06:53
Grading comment
Thank you for the confirmation. That's what I was thinking, too :)
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4 +6blend
Tony M
4 +5blend
Yvonne Gallagher


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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
blend


Explanation:
should be easy if you read definitions

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
1 min
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agree  Darius Saczuk
4 mins
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agree  Leonor Machado
9 mins
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agree  Otavio Banffy
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agree  JohnMcDove
6 hrs
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
blend


Explanation:
Although 'merge' might also be used, one would be less like to say "merge in with" — it would normally simple be "merge with"

Once again, the use of 'in' is a strong clue that the verb sought here is 'to blend in with'.

Tony M
France
Local time: 06:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 309
Grading comment
Thank you for the confirmation. That's what I was thinking, too :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Darius Saczuk
3 mins
  -> Thanks, Dariusz!

agree  Leonor Machado
8 mins
  -> Thanks, Leonor!

agree  Otavio Banffy
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Otavio!

agree  JohnMcDove: Photo-finish... :-)
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, John!

agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
9 hrs
  -> Thanks, Yasutomo-san!

agree  acetran
17 hrs
  -> Thanks, Ace!
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