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Natalia Adamowicz Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Answer back
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Does the entry - "to answer back" - have only one meaning? To reply rudely to a person?
Is it possible to use the phrase in the following sentence: " Please, answer back my email" ???
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Does the entry - "to answer back" - have only one meaning? To reply rudely to a person?
Is it possible to use the phrase in the following sentence: " Please, answer back my email" ???
Thank you !
Top answer
To answer back means only to reply rudely to someone. ' Rover
- To answer back means only to reply rudely to someone.
- ' Rover
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To answer back means only to reply rudely to someone.
'Please reply to my email.'
Rover
'Please reply to my email.'
Rover
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The sentence, "Please answer back my email.", is not right.
The following are correct:
"Don't you ever answer me back like that again!" This would only be said by a parent - typically the mother - to his/her child.
"I sent him an email, and he's going to answer back today or tomorrow." This is okay, but, "Please answer back my email.", seemingly a similar construction
The following are correct:
"Don't you ever answer me back like that again!" This would only be said by a parent - typically the mother - to his/her child.
"I sent him an email, and he's going to answer back today or tomorrow." This is okay, but, "Please answer back my email.", seemingly a similar construction
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