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Mr. Tom Posted 5 years ago
Vocabulary

Advances vs Approaches

Hi

(A good/gentle man wants to befriend a girl (not in some amorous way) and sends her flowers/gifts and invites her to dinner, etc. She sends the gifts back and declines the dinner invitations, etc)

Can we use the word advances in this situation? How do you find this sentence?

Tina never responded to his advances to her.

Or this?

Tina sabotaged all his approaches to friendship.

Thanks,

Tom

  

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Mr. Tom Tina never responded to his advances to her. "To her" is superfluous.

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  • Tom Tina never responded to his advances to her.
  • "To her" is superfluous.
  • Other than that, OK.
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Mr. TomTina never responded to his advances to her.

"To her" is superfluous. Other than that, OK.

Mr. TomTina sabotaged all his approaches to friendship.

Nah. "Approaches to friendship" is odd. Maybe "all his attempts to befriend her."

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