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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Exaggerate

Dear users,

Is it correct to use exaggerate in the following sentence? Does it make sense to you?

Control your gestures but don't exaggerate.

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Dan
  

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As written, it suggests that controlling can lead to exaggerating. That doesn't make sense. Say eg Control your gestures and don't exaggerate.

— Clive

  • As written, it suggests that controlling can lead to exaggerating.
  • That doesn't make sense.
  • Say eg Control your gestures and don't exaggerate.
  • Clive
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As written, it suggests that controlling can lead to exaggerating. That doesn't make sense.
Say
eg Control your gestures and don't exaggerate.

Clive
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What I wanted to say is that controlling one's gestures too much is a bad idea. How about Control your gestures but don't overdo it?
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Yes.
Or eg Control your gestures, but not too much.

Clive
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