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JimmyH Posted 13 years ago
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Hope your birthday wasn't marred by...

I hope your birthday wasn't marred by critical law and order situation of a city.
  

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Please don't post follow-up messages after waiting just 3 minutes for a reply. People often wait for hours, and sometimes days. We who answer questions are all unpaid volunteers.

I also note that in neither of your posts did you say 'please'. Perhaps you do not realize the importance of politeness in English culture.
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Sir, the reason behind commenting 'ANY ERRORS' was that I literally forgot to add this in my question so thought of writing it on comment box.
I was in no haste to get a reply. It has always been a pleasure receiving replies from different people on this forum and i'm grateful to all of those, in all honesty.
I'll take care of it next time but my intention was merely to tell you guys wh
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Well I have always wanted to use 'MARRED' in my daily speech. So thought of adding this word in my sentence but you think it's odd. How can we structure it in a way that it doesn't look odd and the meaning of the sentence remains same?

Thanks
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Huzaifa Asifthe reason behind commenting 'ANY ERRORS' was that I literally forgot to add this in my question
For future reference, near the bottom right corner of each of your posts is an "edit" button, which is available for up to 20 minutes after posting (unless you're a moderator).
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It was the conflict in tone between the first and second half that seemed odd. In particular, the second half is out of place in what seems to be a personal question..

The word 'marred' is fine, and you can us it if you want to. But 'spoiled' is more common.

Clive
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