I have reached my limits. - English example sentence

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VirtuOZ July 12, 2013 July 12, 2013 at 5:13:05 PM UTC

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Does anyone want to argue for "my limit" instead of "my limits"?
and if not, can he please explain me the subtleties?

Dejo July 12, 2013 July 12, 2013 at 5:24:25 PM UTC

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There is not enough context to argue for one or the other.

FeuDRenais July 12, 2013 July 12, 2013 at 6:16:17 PM UTC

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Very strictly, if doing a certain action depends on being able to do several things at once, and you are not good enough or do not have the resources at the moment (because you used them up) to do all of them, then you could say "I have reached my [multiple] limits" (e.g., you are running a marathon and you can't go on because you both (a) are physically tired and (b) are spiritually exhausted - in which case you could say that you've reached both your physical and mental limits). But this is very technical and probably not a difference you'd often encounter in real life.

In most practical cases, it's just a stylistic difference and does not affect the meaning. In fact, even in the marathon example you could say "limit" and you would not be wrong. So, they're practically interchangeable unless you really, really like precision.