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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

HELP!IS THIS SENTENCE GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT?

"They were being honest that I looked fat today"
  

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Anonymous "They were being honest that I looked fat today" It's only borderline grammatical. It should include "in saying" or "when they said". They were being honest [in saying / when they said] that I looked fat today.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous "They were being honest that I looked fat today" It's only borderline grammatical.
  • It should include "in saying" or "when they said".
  • They were being honest [in saying / when they said] that I looked fat today.
  • CJ
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Anonymous"They were being honest that I looked fat today"
It's only borderline grammatical. It should include "in saying" or "when they said".

They were being honest [in saying / when they said] that I looked fat today.

CJ
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It's clumsy wording, but I wouldn't say it is wrong. Better is
eg "They were being honest about the fact that I looked/look fat today"
eg "They were being honest about me/my looking fat today"
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