Are the following sentences correct? ''1: Michael: Be careful when you...

0 " a person with a short temper" - a person who has a temper with a short fuse, likely to explode quickly if angered.02br
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00"a person of good temper" is the nearest you can come to an opposite.0-

0Hi Jackson,02br
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001. You have a comma splice. 01i00Becareful when you talk to him. He is a person of short temper. 02i00(You could also use a semi-colon or informally, a dash. Or you could have used "because" after the comma.02br
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001. "A person of short temper" is not incorrect, I guess, but it's not how I hear it said. He

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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite102. There is no exact opposite of "short-tempered." You can say he is mild-mannered, or easy-going, or other words/phrases like those.12blockquote

10In addition to "mild-mannered" and "easy-going", you could also use "even-tempered".0-

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11cite20Grammar Geek22cite202. There is no exact opposite of "short-tempered." You can say he is mild-mannered, or easy-going, or other words/phrases like those.22blockquote

20In addition to "mild-mannered" and "easy-going", you could also use "e

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11cite20Grammar Geek22cite202. There is no exact opposite of "short-tempered." You can say he is mild-mannered, or easy-going, or other words/phrases like those.22blockquote

20In addition to "mild-mannered" and "easy-going", you could also use 1

0Sure, make that three votes for even tempered. 0-

01 Be careful when you talk to him. He is ill-tempered/He is short-tempered/He is cranky/peppery/persnickety.02br
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002 I've always thought him ill-tempered.0-

0All OK.0-