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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Is "GIVE OFF" the right phrase?
Would you say this?
- It's not the image he gave off; that of a generous person, the first time I saw him.
Thank you
- It's not the image he gave off; that of a generous person, the first time I saw him.
Thank you
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You might hear "give off an image", but it doesn't seem ideal to me. The expression you might be looking for is "give an/the impression". The rest of the sentence is a bit iffy in terms of its order.
- You might hear "give off an image", but it doesn't seem ideal to me.
- The expression you might be looking for is "give an/the impression".
- The rest of the sentence is a bit iffy in terms of its order.
- It would be better to say something like: "He didn't give the impression that he was a generous person the first time I saw him".
- In conversation, though, when you're making it up as you go along, you might say: "It's not the impression he gave -- that of a generous person -- the first time I saw him".
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You might hear "give off an image", but it doesn't seem ideal to me. The expression you might be looking for is "give an/the impression". The rest of the sentence is a bit iffy in terms of its order. It would be better to say something like: "He didn't give the impression that he was a generous person the first time I saw him".
In conversation, though, when you're making it up as you go
In conversation, though, when you're making it up as you go
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