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alternate between (someone and someone else) and alternate between something and something else to choose or change between two persons or things alternately. The job will alternate between Gil and Ed. The maid will alternate between the first floor and the second floor. alternate with something 1. [for someone] to serve as a substitute for someone. I alternated with Fred as the lead in the school play. They asked Harry to alternate with Ron on the team. 2. [for something] to appear repetitively and regularly in a sequence with something else. (For instance, A alternates with B in the sequence ABABAB.) In this design the straight lines alternate with the circles. The red dots alternate with the blue ones. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Two Inch Hero alternates between a page
full of text suited for readers up to fifth grade, and full-picture
pages with just a few words for beginning readers. It's a
fast-paced story rich with details of the land and the people who
inhabit it, and Grande gracefully alternates in telling the story from
the perspective of Juana and Adelina.
Jones" alternates viewpoints mostly between Darius and Faith, but
instead of being confusing, this technique ends up enhancing the pace of
the already action-packed narrative. |
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