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Alc24 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

black or white or black and white

How would you say this sentence? Could I use black and white like this and so to speak in this way?

Being a hypocrite isn't black or white so to speak. You can be a hypocrite with or toward someone and not someone else?

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The phrase you're looking for is black and white . the black and white mindset that people are either lawbreakers or law-abiders I can't tell you whether you've used the phrase appropriately because the explanatory sentence that follows makes no sense, as I've told you several times in previous threads. You cannot be a hypocrite with or toward someone.

  • The phrase you're looking for is black and white .
  • the black and white mindset that people are either lawbreakers or law-abiders I can't tell you whether you've used the phrase appropriately because the explanatory sentence that follows makes no sense, as I've told you several times in previous threads.
  • You cannot be a hypocrite with or toward someone.
  • This is not natural English.
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The phrase you're looking for is black and white.

the black and white mindset that people are either lawbreakers or law-abiders

I can't tell you whether you've used the phrase appropriately because the explanatory sentence that follows makes no sense, as I've told you several times in previous threads. You cannot be a hypocrite with or toward someone. This is
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What I do't understnad how do you express the following

One person my be a hypocrite with you but not with someone else.

How would you write these 2 sentences if you can't use with or towards?

She's a hypocrite toward/with you but she's always been upfront with me.
Do you know what I mean

Just becuase you are a hypocrite doesn't mean you are a hypocrite towa
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I think you have a confused understanding of the word hypocrisy: a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.

You can't be a hypocrite with or toward someone, but a person can be a hypocrite, and an action, attitude, or person can be hypocritical.

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