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EnglishSurfer Posted 10 years ago
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In doubt of morality
Hello. I really need your help. This is the story.
I was talking with my friends, one said some dirty words. Then another told her "I'm in doubt of your morality." I told him "If you just base on that you are in no position to judge if one is moral or not." He continued "I'm in doubt of your morality also". Then I got mad and criticised him. He told me I didn't get what he meant. He told "I said I was in doubt of her morality, not that I said she didn't have."
Until now I'm still in the maze. Doesn't "in doubt of someone's morality" the same as saying "not even sure that person is moral?"
Please help. I really appreciate. Thanks in advance experts. And English is not his first language either.
I was talking with my friends, one said some dirty words. Then another told her "I'm in doubt of your morality." I told him "If you just base on that you are in no position to judge if one is moral or not." He continued "I'm in doubt of your morality also". Then I got mad and criticised him. He told me I didn't get what he meant. He told "I said I was in doubt of her morality, not that I said she didn't have."
Until now I'm still in the maze. Doesn't "in doubt of someone's morality" the same as saying "not even sure that person is moral?"
Please help. I really appreciate. Thanks in advance experts. And English is not his first language either.
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" Yes. That's how I understand it. CJ
- " Yes.
- That's how I understand it.
- CJ
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anh toDoesn't "in doubt of someone's morality" mean the same as saying "not even sure that person is moral?"Yes. That's how I understand it.
CJ
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I have to say that I cannot imagine any native speakers of BrE having a conversation like that. Apart from anything else, using bad language doesn't really have much to do with morality.
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"Morality is sometimes identified with ethics, and sometimes contrasted with it. If contrasted, the moral is thought of more narrowly, as the right, the obligatory, that which is our duty; the ethical is taken to concern proper or correct behaviour more generally. Virtues of character such as steadfastness, modesty, and self-respect are more properly thought of as ethical than as moral. Charity, k
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AnonymousMorality is sometimes ...I think we're getting a little too far from grammar for an English grammar forum.
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CalifJimI think we're getting a little too far from grammar for an English grammar forum.Yes, I agree. But to be honest, I've put it on purpose, namely to ask about the usage of "that which" in If contrasted, the moral is thought of more narrowly, as the right, the obligatory, that which is our duty; the ethical is taken to concern proper or correct behavi
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Anonymousto ask about the usage of "that which"It's correct.
Anonymousis "that" a conjunction and "which" a pronoun referring back to "the right" and the "obligatory"?No. 'that' is a demonstrative pronoun, and 'which' is a relative pronoun referring back to 'that', i.e., "the thing which" ~ "that which".
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CalifJimNo. 'that' is a demonstrative pronoun, and 'which' is a relative pronoun referring back to 'that', i.e., "the thing which" ~ "that which".Thank you for the clarification.
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But another friend of mine explained that he was just wondering if the definition of the girl's morality was same like his, that "in doubt of" = question (verb). So he didnt mean bad, he was literally just saying "hey, I don't know what you do please people", she explained to me, he was thinking about morality as something "bigger, universal, traditional, being feminine, blah blah..." =>her wor
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Not that she just uses bad language, sometimes she goes over the line and talk ***. So the boy probably accused her because of that. I said 'probably' cos I don't know for sure yet he meant bad or not.
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