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Antonija Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

ethical tight corner

0Is it ok to say it in the context?:02br
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01i00"Can Viagra stimulate extramarital affairs,” it was another 01font00ethical tight corner, that I got myself into.02font00 02i02br
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0I wouldn't use 01i 01font 00stimulate02font 02i 00. 02font 02i 0-

— Davkett

  • 0I wouldn't use 01i 01font 00stimulate02font 02i 00.
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0I wouldn't use 01i01font00stimulate02font02i00. Maybe-- 01i00trigger.02i02br
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01i01font00...it was another ethical tight corner I'd gotten myself into.02font02i0-
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0Hi guys,02br
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00Personally, I'd prefer to say 01i01font00'a tight02font02i00 01font01i00ethical corner'02i00 rather than '01i00an ethical tight corner'.02i00 02font02br
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01cite10Clive12cite10 I'd prefer to say 11i11font10'a tight12font12i10 11font11i10ethical corner'12i10 rather than '11i10an ethical tight corner'.12i10 12font12br
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10Clive,
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0Hi guys,02br
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00Yes, I understand why you disagree with me. I01i00 think02i00 that my suggestion is in line with the standard order of adjectives, while yours is that the idiomatic nature of the phrase requires the two words (01i00tight + corner02i00)to be kept together. So, it's a question of which of these two consideration
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10My feeling is that the idiom 'tight corner' is so well-known that it is not straining it to insert another adjective. In fact, to me it seems to 'freshen up' what is a slightly tired idiom by making the reader think about it for an extra millisecond. 12br
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0I've never seen the rule of adjective order before. Where did it come from? How commonly is it used? 02br
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00(The only one I know is BANGS for French adjectives that go before the noun.)0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10I've never seen the rule of adjective order before. Where did it come from? 12br
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10Google "adjective order".12br
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0Interesting. As a native speaker, I guess I just sense when it looks or sounds "wrong" but had never thought about whether there was a standard order. Thanks.0-
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