Does the phrase “stopping for two months” mean permanence?
I have a friend who believes that I can’t say I stopped smoking as I have taken it up again (I have given it up and taken it up again a few times before).
I believe that I can say, “I gave up smoking”, and that “I stopped smoking”, even if I had/have taken up/begun this foul addiction again.
I
stopped smoking in 2009 and have never taken it up again since then.
I gave up smoking 15 years ago but now I want to quit. What I can do?
Is it true that I gave up smoking at the same time I quit smoking in the past?
What is stopping? Is it permanent? Why or why not?
How is life different from a man?
Certainly, it can be temporary. When a car starts to stop at a stop sign, what is stopping it? What if you stop working and then stop cooking to take lunch break? (you stop cooking with no food then etc.)
If a mother doesn’t smoke while pregnant but starts again she is sometimes described as having stopped doing during pregnancy and now gives birth to a son.
Why stop is more likely to imply not restarting than give up? Though in the case of smoking everyone knows it’s hard to give up; the intention to stop forever defines what’s happening more than whether or not it’s successful.
