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Sundarnaz Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Cut a joke
If you cut jokes at people, jokes will be cut at you, too.
I don't know if the phrase "cut a joke" is a valid phrase, as I Googled it and find nothing supporting the phrase as standard English phrase. Just tell me is the conditional clause fine? If not, what is the equivalent of this?
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sundarnaz "cut a joke" No. If I understand you correctly, you want "play a joke on (somebody)". sundarnaz If you cut jokes at people, jokes will be cut at you, too.
- sundarnaz "cut a joke" No.
- If I understand you correctly, you want "play a joke on (somebody)".
- sundarnaz If you cut jokes at people, jokes will be cut at you, too.
- If you play a joke on someone, they will play a joke on you, too.
- CJ
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sundarnaz"cut a joke"
No. If I understand you correctly, you want "play a joke on (somebody)".
sundarnazIf you cut jokes at people, jokes will be cut at you, too.
If you play a joke on someone, they will play a joke on you, too.
CJ
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sundarnazI Googled it and find nothing supporting the phrase as standard English phrase.
It's not standard or familiar to all English speakers.
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