How to say more correctly?
1. Diary-stranger
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Stranger diary
Or2. Strange diaryStrange in meaning, like someone unknown. I wanted to use it in the context of someone writing "Dear Diary", but I wanted to change "Dear" to "Stranger" and want to know how to say it in English./data/user/0/com.samsung.android.app.notes/files/clipdata/clipdata_bodytext_220418_022652_331.sdocx->
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gray cat 525 I wanted to use it in the context of someone writing "Dear Diary", but I wanted to change "Dear" to "Stranger" and want to know how to say it in English. I'm going to say you can't. "Dear X" is a salutation formula that is easily destroyed by using some other word in place of "dear".
- gray cat 525 I wanted to use it in the context of someone writing "Dear Diary", but I wanted to change "Dear" to "Stranger" and want to know how to say it in English.
- I'm going to say you can't.
- "Dear X" is a salutation formula that is easily destroyed by using some other word in place of "dear".
- You can get away with similar words, like "sweet" or "darling", but anything else will make the reader wonder what you're doing without ever being able to figure it out.
- You might be able to get away with using an additional vocative word, as in "O Alien Diary".
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gray cat 525I wanted to use it in the context of someone writing "Dear Diary", but I wanted to change "Dear" to "Stranger" and want to know how to say it in English.
I'm going to say you can't. "Dear X" is a salutation formula that is easily destroyed by using some other word in place of "dear". You can get away with similar words, like "sweet" or "darling"
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