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Tuongvan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

he is the pride

Hi teachers,

What are the opposites of 'pride' in the sentence below:
He is the pride of the school .

Can I say like this to show the opposites of 'pride' in the above sentence?

He is the shame/the scorn /dishonour of the school

Thank you in advance
  

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Those opposites are all acceptable.

I think the more commonly used opposite is "the disgrace of the..."
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Shame was to be my first choice until I saw OMG's suggestion of disgrace, with which I agree.
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Thank you Philip and OMG.
Is there any difference between the following sentences?:

He is the shame of the school
He is the shame for the school
He is the disgrace of the school
He is the disgrace to the school
He is the scorn of the school .

Thank you in advance
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TuongvanThank you Philip and OMG.
Is there any difference between the following sentences?:

He is the shame of the school
He is the shame for the school of
He is the disgrace of the school
He is the disgrace to the school a
He is the scorn of the school . This doesn't sound common at all.
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Thank you Philip very much,but I see this sentence in the Oxford dictionary:

He's the scorn of the village.
Is this sentence ok ? If it is , What does it mean?

And I also see on the Internet sometimes the say 'shame for " not' shame of :

" The apparent end of acquisition talks between Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Yahoo (NSDQ:
YHOO) is “a shame” for
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TuongvanThank you Philip very much,but I see this sentence in the Oxford dictionary: As you know, there is a difference between BREng and AmEng.

He's the scorn of the village.
Is this sentence ok ? If it is , What does it mean? I think it means that he is scorned by the people of the village.

And I also see on the Internet sometimes the say '
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TuongvanWhat does it mean if 'for' is used instyead of 'of' after 'shame ?
To elaborate on Philip's point that "shame" in the Microsoft/Yahoo example means "an unfortunate thing" rather than "a disgrace;" we like to know, "Whose misfortune is it?" That is, who exactly is going to suffer because of the situation descri
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In "Wierd Al" Yankovic's song, "Like a Surgeon", he refers to himself as "The disgrace of the AMA". This shows him to be not only a failure, but one who causes embarrassment for the industry.
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Ahh, yes, Weird Al's "Like A Surgeon"...grins...And yes, he does refer to himself as the disgrace of the AMA.
(sorry if I don't speak absolutely perfect English, but meh, I'm not registered for this forum or anything)
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