Comments on: Fall apart https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fall-apart/ Upgrade your English Thu, 21 Nov 2024 05:11:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fall-apart/#comment-5010 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 15:33:55 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=18735#comment-5010 In reply to Cemre.

“People” don’t fall apart, a relationship can fall apart. So you can say, “My uncle’s marriage fell apart 20 years ago. Since then, he and his ex-wife have made huge efforts to be thoughtful parents to their children.”

]]> By: Cemre https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fall-apart/#comment-5004 Mon, 21 Aug 2023 14:18:28 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=18735#comment-5004 My uncle and his wife fell apart 20 years ago. Since then they made huge efforts for being together as thoughtful parents for their children.

]]> By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fall-apart/#comment-4948 Tue, 15 Aug 2023 17:23:41 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=18735#comment-4948 In reply to Claudio.

I think this means that there was an area with buildings falling apart and the government intervened to create a new neighborhood? If so, you can say: “The government intervened to create a new neighborhood in an area where there were only buildings falling apart.”

]]> By: Claudio https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fall-apart/#comment-4943 Mon, 14 Aug 2023 18:34:06 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=18735#comment-4943 A new neighboorhood was created after government’s intervation where there were only buildings fallen apart.

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