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What's the meaning of "drifting all along" in this phrase [It is synchronised at the beginning of the video, but it is slowly drifting all along] and could you give me more examples using "drifting all along"?
What's the meaning of "drifting all along" in this phrase [It is synchronised at the beginning of the video, but it is slowly drifting all along] and could you give me more examples using "drifting all along"?
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I think this means that the synchronization has been messed up. The beginning of the video was synchronized, but now it slowly is becoming less synchronized. An example of this phrase might be “She is slowly drifting all along the water.” The word “drifting” means letting something else control you or going with the flow.
That sentence is very complicated, but I hope this helps :)
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“It is slowly drifting all along .... “ is actually incorrect English.
These words: “drifting all along” is just incorrect English.
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We say: drifting
We say: drifting along.
We say : adrift
We DON’T say: drifting all along.
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all along:
We say: She had known all along.
We say: He has needed my help all along.
We say: You need to seal the seam all along the raw edge.
We say: They knew all along how important this day was for them.
We say: He had been planning this all along.
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Drifting - means to be carried slowly by a current of AIR or WATER
“ The boat was drifting in the water.”
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Your example of the video and something drifting - ( my guess is they are talking about coordinating the FILM with the SOUNDtrack)
Perhaps they meant to say this:
Initially the sound was synchronized with the film at the beginning
of the video, but then the two got out of sync.
As the film continued, the music just drifted slowly along.
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