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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
about "attitude"
Can I say,
(i) After trying a few new pairs of shoes, Alice left the shoes. She didn't buy any shoes. The salesgirl was very angry at Alice's bad / worse / attitude. (do you know any suitable word to describe Alice's attitude?)
(ii) The salesgirl warned Alice not to come the shop again.
(i) After trying a few new pairs of shoes, Alice left the shoes. She didn't buy any shoes. The salesgirl was very angry at Alice's bad / worse / attitude. (do you know any suitable word to describe Alice's attitude?)
(ii) The salesgirl warned Alice not to come the shop again.
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Where does it say that Alice behaved badly? There is nothing wrong in not wanting to buy shoes! Of the adjectives you offer, "bad" is the only one I would use, and personally I would not use either.
- Where does it say that Alice behaved badly?
- There is nothing wrong in not wanting to buy shoes!
- Of the adjectives you offer, "bad" is the only one I would use, and personally I would not use either.
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Where does it say that Alice behaved badly? There is nothing wrong in not wanting to buy shoes!
Of the adjectives you offer, "bad" is the only one I would use, and personally I would not use either.
Of the adjectives you offer, "bad" is the only one I would use, and personally I would not use either.
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It seems to me that the salesgirl is the one with the bad attitude! I'd probably omit the adjective altogether from "Alice's ..attitude"; it's obvious from the salesgirl's reaction that she's not happy with Alice, but that's not necessarily Alice's fault.
"Behaviour' is an alternative to "attitude" here, with regard to Alice. i.e. " The salesgirl was very angry at Alice's behaviour"
"Behaviour' is an alternative to "attitude" here, with regard to Alice. i.e. " The salesgirl was very angry at Alice's behaviour"
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