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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

chuffed, edition

I was chuffed when my book edition was published in France.

Please correct my sentencc. (particularly, please check whether the word `chuffed' and `edition' is appropriate here)
  

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Americans will definitely not understand the word "chuffed". After looking up "chuffed" in a dictionary, I see that it is an informal British word meaning 'delighted'. I would suggest this as a correct and more widely understandable alternative: I was delighted when a French edition of my book was published.

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  • Americans will definitely not understand the word "chuffed".
  • After looking up "chuffed" in a dictionary, I see that it is an informal British word meaning 'delighted'.
  • I would suggest this as a correct and more widely understandable alternative: I was delighted when a French edition of my book was published.
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Americans will definitely not understand the word "chuffed". After looking up "chuffed" in a dictionary, I see that it is an informal British word meaning 'delighted'.

I would suggest this as a correct and more widely understandable alternative:

I was delighted when a French edition of my book was published.

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