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TeacherJapan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Any differences?

Probably everyone has made someone angry by saying (. ) .

1) what you shouldn't have.
2) something you shouldn't have.
  

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I prefer "something", but "everyone ... you" is mismatched. You can say: Probably everyone has made someone angry by saying something they shouldn't have.

— GPY

  • I prefer "something", but "everyone ...
  • you" is mismatched.
  • You can say: Probably everyone has made someone angry by saying something they shouldn't have.
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I prefer "something", but "everyone ... you" is mismatched. You can say:

Probably everyone has made someone angry by saying something they shouldn't have.
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Oh, that's right Emotion: smile Thank you very much for pointing that out:) Does "what" imply that the speaker had a particular phrase in mind , s
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teacherJapanOh, that's right Thank you very much for pointing that out:) Does "what" imply that the speaker had a particular phrase in mind , such as "You are an ***.?"
That interpretation doesn't fit well with the generality of "Probably everyone ...", which is probably at least part of the reason why "what" does not seem quite such a good fit.
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