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Alc24 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

How to use "profile" in a sentence?

How do you say these naturally?

You look very pretty from the front /full face but not so much the profile.
He has a nicer profile than a full face.

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You look very pretty from the front, but less so in profile, is one way. ) His profile is nicer than his full face.

  • You look very pretty from the front, but less so in profile, is one way.
  • ) His profile is nicer than his full face.
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You look very pretty from the front, but less so in profile, is one way. (Do not expect to make any friends with this.) His profile is nicer than his full face.
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What do you think of

He has a nicer profile than he does a full face.
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On reflection, I think "front face" is a better expression than "full face", which can also mean the whole of the face or fat face. I would not mix "has" and "does" in the two components of the comparison. So, "He has a nicer profile than he has a front face". But "He has a nicer profile than front face" is sufficient as you are comparing two things that he has.
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UltimatePedant I think "front face" is a better expression than "full face",
I think your first version was much more natural. 'Front face' does not sound like English to me. You can have a full-face photograph, but I don't think you can have a nice full face.
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fivejedjon, I was not too happy with either. After some searching and asking around, I cannot find a cannot see a good concise English expression for the front view of the face. How about "Your face is prettier in profile (or from the side) than from the front"?
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Oh, this is going to be awkward and possibly insulting however you put it. I'll give it a try:

You look prettier from the front than in profile. (face is understood)
He looks nicer in profile than from the front.

You've been warned!

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