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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Does this sentence grammatically make sense?

"It was a fake crying."
  

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Grammatically it is OK, but the meaning is obscure. There are two different sayings: She / He shed crocodile tears. ) He/ She cried wolf.

  • Grammatically it is OK, but the meaning is obscure.
  • There are two different sayings: She / He shed crocodile tears.
  • ) He/ She cried wolf.
  • )
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Grammatically it is OK, but the meaning is obscure.

There are two different sayings:
She / He shed crocodile tears. (To pretend you are unhappy, especially when someone else has received bad news.)
He/ She cried wolf. (To alert people to a threat when you know that there is actually no danger.)

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