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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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for her lack of
I read this, does it mean anything? Is it grammatical?
She takes long showers to make for her lack of showers.
Thank you
She takes long showers to make for her lack of showers.
Thank you
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Anonymous She takes long showers to make up for her lack of showers. It's not stated well, but if you add "up" as shown above, at least it will be grammatical. to make up (for) ~ to compensate (for) "lack of showers" means "no showers", so if she takes showers, long or short, she has no lack of showers.
- Anonymous She takes long showers to make up for her lack of showers.
- It's not stated well, but if you add "up" as shown above, at least it will be grammatical.
- to make up (for) ~ to compensate (for) "lack of showers" means "no showers", so if she takes showers, long or short, she has no lack of showers.
- Maybe: She takes long showers to make up for the fact that she takes them so seldom.
- CJ
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AnonymousShe takes long showers to make up for her lack of showers.It's not stated well, but if you add "up" as shown above, at least it will be grammatical.
to make up (for) ~ to compensate (for)
"lack of showers" means "no showers", so if she takes showers, long or short, she has no lack of shower
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