2006-12-18 05:08:46 · 4 answers · asked by bobbie c 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
"come down to" in this sentence means "results in" or "are defined as" or "mean", (as in definition).
After all other choices are incorrect, "comes down to" seems to be the only possible choice that remains.
2006-12-18 05:37:23 · answer #1 · answered by parapluie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In this sentence "come down to" means (to be) reduced to. You can't get those expressions any more succinct than that.
2006-12-18 16:24:06 · answer #2 · answered by pat z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"come down to" can mean "breaks down to" as in anything complex can be broken down to something more simple or base. as it is being broken down or disassembled, it is seen as "coming down to" a root word or whatever.
however, "sarcastic means 'derisive, tauntingly contemptuous,' while sardonic means 'bitterly scornful, cynically disdainful'"
{source link: http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/sarcastic}
so, the two words have different meanings. =)
2006-12-18 13:31:16 · answer #3 · answered by Jim M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Come down to" sounds fine, although "much the same" probably needs another word, eg "much the same meaning".
2006-12-18 13:13:07 · answer #4 · answered by Banana Ray David 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋