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Kumenglish Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Behaviours

In the context: describing someone's personal behaviours and showing them to others.

He is a selfish and suspectful/doubtful person.

He has selfishness, and doubtful thoughts(think of others)

Are these sentences correct? and let me have your suggestions on these differences - "is" and "has"

  

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"He is a selfish person" is fine. We do not say "He has selfishness". "suspectful" is not a word, and "doubtful" is hard to understand in your sentences.

  • "He is a selfish person" is fine.
  • We do not say "He has selfishness".
  • "suspectful" is not a word, and "doubtful" is hard to understand in your sentences.
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  • doesn't trust other people), you can say "He is a selfish and suspicious person", or of course just "He is selfish and suspicious".
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"He is a selfish person" is fine. We do not say "He has selfishness".

"suspectful" is not a word, and "doubtful" is hard to understand in your sentences. If you mean that he shows suspicion towards other people (e.g. doesn't trust other people), you can say "He is a selfish and suspicious person", or of course just "He is selfish and suspicious".

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