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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Another attempt at it
I was looking at the Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary and I am sure I have noticed many notations?? (i am not sure what they are called) what/that seem to be called PHRASES and along with the definitions, it seems to have some phrases that look to be used with the words I was looking at like the one below. My question is "Can I add some words to the some part of the phrase?". What are the rules or guidelines in regard to one's such an effort? Is this one's such effort or one's such an effort?
From Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary:
You say on the credit side in order to introduce one or more good things about a situation or person, usually when you have already mentioned the bad things about them.
Can I make it like these?
on the delicate credit side
on the bright credit side
Let's pretend those phrases make sense.
From Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary:
You say on the credit side in order to introduce one or more good things about a situation or person, usually when you have already mentioned the bad things about them.
Can I make it like these?
on the delicate credit side
on the bright credit side
Let's pretend those phrases make sense.
Top answer
" Perhaps another of the BrE/AmE things. However, either way, don't add other ajectives to it. Let it stand alone.
- " Perhaps another of the BrE/AmE things.
- However, either way, don't add other ajectives to it.
- Let it stand alone.
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I've always heard (and used) "on the plus side" and not "on the credit side." You can say "to his credit, he is...[and then say something nice about him]."
Perhaps another of the BrE/AmE things.
However, either way, don't add other ajectives to it. Let it stand alone.
Perhaps another of the BrE/AmE things.
However, either way, don't add other ajectives to it. Let it stand alone.
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Search Google with:
site:literaturepost.com "on the credit side"
and you will find examples from these classics:
Confidence by James, Henry - Chapter 12
Bernard had luminous glimpses of another situation, in which Angela Vivian's
coquetry should m
site:literaturepost.com "on the credit side"
and you will find examples from these classics:
Confidence by James, Henry - Chapter 12
Bernard had luminous glimpses of another situation, in which Angela Vivian's
coquetry should m
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Yes, the examples you found are clearly about actual monetary accounts. Or at least tangible assets of some sort.
It is not an expression in use to describe character traits.
It is not an expression in use to describe character traits.
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There are more examples with "on the credit side."
Here is a link: http://sara.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/saraWeb?qy=on+the+credit+side
Here is a link: http://sara.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/saraWeb?qy=on+the+credit+side
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