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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

For one's own sake/good

Do you think it's for my own sake/good that I'm eating a salad right now?

Is this grammatical? If any, what's the difference between sake and good in this sentence and in general?

  

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anonymous Do you think it's for my own sake/good that I'm eating a salad right now? Is this grammatical? Yes.

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  • anonymous Do you think it's for my own sake/good that I'm eating a salad right now?
  • Is this grammatical?
  • Yes.
  • anonymous If any, what's the difference between sake and good in this sentence and in general?
  • In this sentence 'good' seems more idiomatic to my ear.
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anonymous

Do you think it's for my own sake/good that I'm eating a salad right now?

Is this grammatical?

Yes.

anonymousIf any, what's the difference between sake and good in this sentence and in general?

In this sentence 'good' seems more idiomatic to my ear.

I can't speak to any general rule that

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