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Mr. Tom Posted 6 years ago
Vocabulary

He isn't the one to ladle out praise, so when he says

Hi

I have two questions. Can we drop the red out? Also, which punctuation do you find better? Sentence # 1 or # 2?

  1. He isn't the one to ladle out praise, so when he says 'Good', he means it.
  2. He isn't the one to ladle (out) praise, so when he says 'Good,' he means it.

Thanks,

Tom

  

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The standard phrase is He isn't one to . + verb + infinitive. eg She isn't one to offer sympathy.

— Clive

  • The standard phrase is He isn't one to .
  • + verb + infinitive.
  • eg She isn't one to offer sympathy.
  • eg He isn't one to lie.
  • He isn't one to ladle out praise, so when he says ' Good ', he means it.
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  1. The standard phrase is He isn't one to . . + verb + infinitive.
  2. eg She isn't one to offer sympathy.
  3. eg He isn't one to lie.
  4. He isn't one to ladle out praise, so when he says 'Good', he means it. The implication of He i
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