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Rpsh Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

good for you

Is it a verbal phrase? For instance, my friend said " I pass the exam!", I replied " Good for you!". That's show my compliment, just like "you are excellent! ", right? In other situation, for example, my friend told me "Linda married the old man for his money and now she can get whatever she wants!". Then I said " Good for her!". It's a kind of contempt with ironic and a little envy, right?
  

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rpsh Is it a verbal phrase? No. ".

— Mister Micawber

  • rpsh Is it a verbal phrase?
  • No.
  • ".
  • That's show my compliment, just like "you are excellent!
  • ", right?
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rpshIs it a verbal phrase?
No. Here is a verbal phase: have bought
rpshmy friend said " I pass the exam!", I replied " Good for you!". That's show my compliment, just like "you are excellent! ", right?
Right. 'Good for you' is a fixed expression.
rpsh my friend told me "Linda married the old
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So "oral" is more common? Then, could you tell me in which situation or collocation you guys will use this word to indicate that something is expressed in speech rather than in writing or action?
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rpshSo "oral" is more common?
It is generally an oral expression, yes, but you can write it to a friend, too.
rpsh could you tell me in which situation or collocation you guys will use this word to indicate that something is expressed in speech rather than in writing or action?
I don't know what you mean.
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I coined the phrase "verbal phrase" to indicate that "good for you" is often used in the daily oral communication. So I confused about your first answer:"No. Here is a verbal phase: have bought". What's this mean? Is it about grammar?
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rpshI coined the phrase "verbal phrase"
Don't do that. Learn the terminology that already exists.
rpsh So I confused about your first answer:"No. Here is a verbal phase: have bought".
That's because you don't know what a verb phrase is: it is a syntactic unit composed of at least one verb and the dependents of that verb (I
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