Is "close this up" rude or impolite?
someone disagreed with what I said and ended up saying "you can close this up". I checked and found that it means stop talking about something. I'd like to know if it's rude or impolite or just neutral? Is it similar to "shut up"?
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kenny1999 someone disagreed with what I said and ended up saying "you can close this up" It was just a misuse of English, a phrase that might mean something in a different context, but does not apply to disagreeing with someone. In the given context it has no intelligible meaning, so native speakers would have been left wondering what in the world you had said. That phrase can be used when showing someone how to do something inside of a machine, for example when repairing a computer.
- kenny1999 someone disagreed with what I said and ended up saying "you can close this up" It was just a misuse of English, a phrase that might mean something in a different context, but does not apply to disagreeing with someone.
- In the given context it has no intelligible meaning, so native speakers would have been left wondering what in the world you had said.
- That phrase can be used when showing someone how to do something inside of a machine, for example when repairing a computer.
- You can show them what to do and then say, "When you're finished, you can close this up ".
- CJ
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kenny1999someone disagreed with what I said and ended up saying "you can close this up"
It was just a misuse of English, a phrase that might mean something in a different context, but does not apply to disagreeing with someone. In the given context it has no intelligible meaning, so native speakers would have been left wondering what in the world you had s
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