He took it badly
Please consider the following sentence:
When I told him he was way too short for his age, he took it badly.
My question is:
Are there other ways for "he took it badly"? What about "he took it personally"? And "he took it to heart"?
Thank you
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' are quite acceptable substitutes. Or perhaps, 'He took it the wrong way'. ', in my opinion though, has slightly different connotations.
- ' are quite acceptable substitutes.
- Or perhaps, 'He took it the wrong way'.
- ', in my opinion though, has slightly different connotations.
- ' Personally ' as opposed to ' not personally' , versus ' well/in a good way ' as opposed to ' badly/in a bad way '.
- The latter I think depends on how good a person is at putting things into perspective (that is, humoristically, self-mockery, not taking things too seriously), whereas 'taking things personally' has to do with an individual receiving criticism or feedback and attributing this to flaws in their personality or character traits rather than to their behavior on a single occasion.
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Hi Teal Lime,
Yes, there are ways to rephrase 'He took it badly.'
I'd say 'He took it personally.' and 'He took it to heart.' are quite acceptable substitutes. Or perhaps, 'He took it the wrong way'. or ', but it didn't go down well with him.'
'He took it personally.', in my opinion though, has slightly different connotations. 'Personally' as opposed t
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