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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Didn’t like bosses.

"Remember back in 4th grade when that weird kid called you ‘Booger’ and it just kind of stuck? Even though you totally weren’t picking your nose, JEREMY. Well, that’s how Bruce Springsteen felt about being ‘The Boss’. Didn’t like bosses. Didn’t think of himself as a bossy guy. Just generally opposed to the whole idea of bossiness". (Dan Hass in the Oxford Dictionary blog.)

Are "Didn’t like bosses." and "Didn’t think of himself as a bossy guy." idiomatic? Are they grammatical?
  

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" idiomatic? Are they grammatical? They are sentence fragments created by omitting the subject "he".

— CalifJim

  • " idiomatic?
  • Are they grammatical?
  • They are sentence fragments created by omitting the subject "he".
  • They are idiomatic and grammatical in a casual register.
  • CJ
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AnonymousAre "Didn’t like bosses." and "Didn’t think of himself as a bossy guy." idiomatic? Are they grammatical?
They are sentence fragments created by omitting the subject "he". They are idiomatic and grammatical in a casual register.

CJ
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Thank you, CJ, for the reply.
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