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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

be quiet

0 If you tell your dog to stop whining, is the action called "telling off". If not what? Basically the actual words are something like "Be quiet"02br
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0 You are not really telling off the dog02br 00Normally we give our dogs commands02br 00Sit02br 00Heel02br 00Walk on02br 00Leave02br 00Quiet0-

— Optilang

  • 0 You are not really telling off the dog02br 00Normally we give our dogs commands02br 00Sit02br 00Heel02br 00Walk on02br 00Leave02br 00Quiet0-
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0 You are not really telling off the dog02br
00Normally we give our dogs commands02br
00Sit02br
00Heel02br
00Walk on02br
00Leave02br
00Quiet0-
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0I need a verb for it because I feel like saying 'I ___ (told off) my dog02br
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00If not,what would you say?0-
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0 How about02br
01i00I barked at my dog to stop whining 05002i02br
00I think I would just say:02br
01i00I told my dog to stop whining.02i010id1
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1i00I told my dog to stop whining.02br
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00I like this. Can you give some varieties? Add a bit anger/frustration if possible?02br
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00I personally think the bark version is funny and that's it... I know people bark orders is a common expression but to a dog? ...umm.02i0-
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1i00I told my dog to stop whining.02br
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00I like this. Can you give some varieties? Add a bit anger/frustration if possible?02i02br
00I pleaded with my dog to stop whining.02br
00I shouted at my dog to stop whining.02br
00I yelled at my dog to stop whining.02br
00I did everything I could to get my dog to stop
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0Hahah. Thanks, Optilang. I like the plead version 05002br
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00Edit: Is the plead version supposed to be funny? like I begged my dog on my knees for some peace? 010id1
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0Edit: Is the plead version supposed to be funny? like I begged my dog on my knees for some peace?02br
01i00I begged my dog to stop whining.02i02br
00I think this is funnier than plead as dogs 01b00beg02b00 for food.02br
00I used plead in an attempt to show frustration!0-
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0 I'm sorry. My dictionary gives beg as one of the definitions for plead.02br
00Thanks,Optilang. 0-
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