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Mosja Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Are the idioms correctly used in this sentence

go about your business

//I didn't care what the teacher was hollering about and continued to do my homework.//

The teacher lost the plot and was hollering at us but I didn't care and went about my business.

  

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lost the plot I don't know this expression hollering This is slang. Standard English is eg yelling. went about my business This seems OK here, but note that it's not an idiom I hear very often.

  • lost the plot I don't know this expression hollering This is slang.
  • Standard English is eg yelling.
  • went about my business This seems OK here, but note that it's not an idiom I hear very often.
  • Clive
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lost the plot I don't know this expression

hollering This is slang. Standard English is eg yelling.

went about my business This seems OK here, but note that it's not an idiom I hear very often.

Clive

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mosjaThe teacher lost the plot and was hollering at us but I didn't care and went about my business.

If I were a teacher, I would be deeply offended by that statement.

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The teacher lost his cool and was hollering at us but I didn't care and went about my business.

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