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Perfect Stranger Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Correct or not no. 55: do justice

Hi there,

Is the following sentence native-like?

I'm sorry I haven't replied to your email earlier but I didn't want to respond with one or two short sentences. It (or that?) wouldn't do your email any justice.

Thanks
  

Top answer

I'm sorry I haven't replied to your email, but I didn't want to respond with only one or two short sentences. That wouldn't do your email justi ce. earlier' )

— Mister Micawber

  • I'm sorry I haven't replied to your email, but I didn't want to respond with only one or two short sentences.
  • That wouldn't do your email justi ce.
  • earlier' )
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I'm sorry I haven't replied to your email, but I didn't want to respond with only one or two short sentences. That wouldn't do your email justice.

(Or 'didn't reply...earlier')
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Mister Micawber(Or 'didn't reply...earlier')
I prefer that with 'earlier'.
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Thanks a lot to both of you.
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I have a follow-up question and I hope I can ask you for helping me out again. I'm pondering over two possibilities here:

1) Like I said on the phone, replying with one or two sentences wouldn't have done your email justice.
2) Like I said on the phone, replying with one or two sentences wouldn't do your email justice.

I have a vague idea what the difference is
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Perfect Stranger Like I said on the phone
As I said on the phone, ...
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fivejedjonAs I said on the phone, ...
Those nasty habits of mine... Emotion: sweating

Thank you f
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Perfect StrangerI have a vague idea what the difference is and yet
I really don't see any difference in intent. The speaker has merely changed his mental viewpoint of his own 1-2 sentences (which never existed anyway!) from then to now
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