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Bepleased Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
A useful person
Hi,
Could I make a paraphrase to the sentence?
[She is a useful person to know.]
= She is a person which is useful to all who know her well.
Thank you for your help.
Could I make a paraphrase to the sentence?
[She is a useful person to know.]
= She is a person which is useful to all who know her well.
Thank you for your help.
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" There seems no reason to add "well". This has roughly the same kind of meaning as the original, but I'm not sure it exactly captures it. When you say "She is useful to all who know her", it sounds as if she is in an inferior position compared to those whom she is useful to.
- " There seems no reason to add "well".
- This has roughly the same kind of meaning as the original, but I'm not sure it exactly captures it.
- When you say "She is useful to all who know her", it sounds as if she is in an inferior position compared to those whom she is useful to.
- The original expression doesn't have that connotation.
- In fact, in the original expression, she could be a powerful and important person.
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It would have to be "She is a person who is useful to all who know her." There seems no reason to add "well".
This has roughly the same kind of meaning as the original, but I'm not sure it exactly captures it. When you say "She is useful to all who know her", it sounds as if she is in an inferior position compared to those whom she is useful to. The original expression doesn't have
This has roughly the same kind of meaning as the original, but I'm not sure it exactly captures it. When you say "She is useful to all who know her", it sounds as if she is in an inferior position compared to those whom she is useful to. The original expression doesn't have
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Hi,
Yes, your suggestion touches the intrinsic meaning.
If someone is useful, you can use whom to do something or to help you in some way.
The 'someone' seems to be employed for a purpose.
Lest the stated thing happens, how to deal with the "to know"?
May I say so?
"She is a useful person (so we get) to know (her)."
Yes, your suggestion touches the intrinsic meaning.
If someone is useful, you can use whom to do something or to help you in some way.
The 'someone' seems to be employed for a purpose.
Lest the stated thing happens, how to deal with the "to know"?
May I say so?
"She is a useful person (so we get) to know (her)."
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bepleasedMay I say so?"She is a useful person (so we get) to know (her).""She is a useful person so we get to know her" is grammatically possible but the present tense "get" is unusual there. It would be more usual to say "...so we got to know her" (past) or "...so we should / must / ought to get to know her" (suggesting what we should do in the future).
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Regards the "her useful" as part of "her being useful to all who know her" that is one thing.
(Here, the "her being useful" used for serving / satisfying all who know her)
Regards the "her useful" as part of "her being useful, so we get to know her" that is another thing. (Here, the "her being useful" used as a cause for our getting to know her)
(Here, the "her being useful" used for serving / satisfying all who know her)
Regards the "her useful" as part of "her being useful, so we get to know her" that is another thing. (Here, the "her being useful" used as a cause for our getting to know her)
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Hi,
May I put another question to you?
Of [You make sure of something or make sure that], may I say so?
You make yourself sure to deal with something or that + a sentence.
[make sure]-----make oneself to be sure
[of]-----take action to deal with
Thank you for your help.
May I put another question to you?
Of [You make sure of something or make sure that], may I say so?
You make yourself sure to deal with something or that + a sentence.
[make sure]-----make oneself to be sure
[of]-----take action to deal with
Thank you for your help.
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"to make sure of / that" means to check or take action so as to be certain (as far as possible) that a desired outcome will happen, or that a certain desired condition is true, or that something is accurate or correct. For example, "You must make sure (that) this door is locked at all times", "Could you make sure (that) I locked the door properly?"
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I suppose it is loosely correct that "m
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