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Pructus Posted 11 years ago
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Do me justice
Hello...
"This picture doesn't do me justice" is awkward to paraphrase as "This picture doesn't do justice to me"?
"This picture doesn't do me justice" is awkward to paraphrase as "This picture doesn't do justice to me"?
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pructus Hello... "This picture doesn't do me justice" is awkward to paraphrase as "This picture doesn't do justice to me" ? Why the question mark?
- pructus Hello...
- "This picture doesn't do me justice" is awkward to paraphrase as "This picture doesn't do justice to me" ?
- Why the question mark?
- It reads like a statement.
- Why do you think it's awkward?
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pructusHello... "This picture doesn't do me justice" is awkward to paraphrase as "This picture doesn't do justice to me"?Why the question mark? It reads like a statement.
Why do you think it's awkward? The paraphrase is almost the same as the original, and it has the same meaning. It just happens not to be the w
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Thanks a lot, CJ!!
I don't know but somehow I feel that natives might feel the two different.
This website went through some structural change and my wondows xp cannot come here.
I don't feel any need to upgrade my windows, so it happens I come here less often. I am thinking about windows upgrade seriously.
It's good to see you here, again, CJ...
I don't know but somehow I feel that natives might feel the two different.
This website went through some structural change and my wondows xp cannot come here.
I don't feel any need to upgrade my windows, so it happens I come here less often. I am thinking about windows upgrade seriously.
It's good to see you here, again, CJ...
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pructusI feel that natives might feel the two different.Yes, but only in that "do justice to me" sounds a little off to us because the idiom is "do me justice". The meaning is the same in any case.
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