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Miyabi Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

About "troublesome"

Is this sentence correct?

"She is a troublesome woman."

- is it common and natural to use "troublesome" to describe a person? or there's a better word to use? Pls advice.
  

Top answer

Hi, There's nothing unusual about it. Other ways to say it include eg She's a nuisance. There's quite a lot of low-register slang for this.

— Clive

  • Hi, There's nothing unusual about it.
  • Other ways to say it include eg She's a nuisance.
  • There's quite a lot of low-register slang for this.
  • eg She's a pain in the ***.
  • eg She's a pain in the neck.
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Hi,

There's nothing unusual about it. Other ways to say it include
eg She's a nuisance.


There's quite a lot of low-register slang for this.
eg She's a pain in the ***.
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Thanks, Clive!

But I don't know the word "low-register". What is the meaning of it?
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Hi,
Very low register - How you talk to your pal when you are relaxing with a beer

Very high-register - How you talk to the Queen of England.

eg you talk to your wife or husband in a register that is not th
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Clive, thanks for your clear explanation. I learned a new vocab.
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