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Mr. Tom Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Her sorrow is long over.

Hi

Could you please tell me how you find these sentences?

(for someone whose beloved grandfather passed away)

Her sorrow is long over now.

Her sorrow is long past now.

Her sorrow is way past now.

Thanks,

Tom
  

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HI, Could you please tell me how you find these sentences? (for someone whose beloved grandfather passed away) I assume that 'her' refers to 'someone', since the grandfather is male. So he died a long time ago?

— Clive

  • HI, Could you please tell me how you find these sentences?
  • (for someone whose beloved grandfather passed away) I assume that 'her' refers to 'someone', since the grandfather is male.
  • So he died a long time ago?
  • You are saying that the 'someone' no longer feels sorrow?
  • Are you sure?
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HI,

Could you please tell me how you find these sentences?

(for someone whose beloved grandfather passed away)

I assume that 'her' refers to 'someone', since the grandfather is male.

So he died a long time ago?

You are saying that the 'someone' no longe
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Yes, Clive; you do understand me correctly. Sorry for the insufficient context.

So, what about the first one? Does too casual mean "we should avoid that construction"?

Thanks,

Tom
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Hi,

So, what about the first one? It's not wrong.


Does too casual mean "we should avoid that construction"? Depends on whether you want to be casual. For example, who are you talking to, and why are you talking about it?

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