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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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Is the following sentence correct? ''I'm always good at giving surprises.''

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01cite10Jackson661212cite10Is the following sentence correct?12br
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01cite10Jackson661212cite10Is the following sentence correct?12br
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10 01b01font00....or "surprising people".02font02b00 0
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0 01font00>I'm always 01b00good at giving surprises02b00.02br
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00 I don't like it and I couldn't find it or derivatives at the BBC or the New York Times, only on blogs and non-native sites. 02br
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0 It's grammatically correct but you'll have a hard time finding a person that uses the 'idiom' 01i00to give surprises02i00 because it doesn't exist.02br
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00It's grammatically correct but you'll have a hard time finding a person that uses the 'idiom' to give surprises because it doesn't exist. <<02br
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00Well, I actually use it. Example: "What kind of presents do you like to give to people for Christmas? I like to give surprises." 0-
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01cite10Marvin A.12cite10>> 12br
10It's grammatically correct but you'll have a hard time finding a person that uses the 'idiom' to give surprises because it doesn't exist. <<12br
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10Well, I actually use it. Example: "What kind of presents do you like to give to people for Christmas?
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01cite10Cool Breeze12cite10It's grammatically correct but you'll have a hard time finding a person that uses the 'idiom' 11i10to give surprises12i10 because it doesn't exist.12br
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10That's quite draconian isn't it? Do you mean it 01i00really 0
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0 The question is whether the expression "to give surprises" has the same meaning in Marvin's "I like to give surprises" as it has in Jackson's "I'm good at giving surprises". 02br
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00 I suspect that Marvin's surprises are physical objects that are literally given, and Jackson's are more to do with the activity of behaving in unexpected ways so as to surprise people
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01cite10Jackson661212cite10That's a very good example. Cool Breeze, what would you say now?15012br
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10My apologies, Jackson. 05100 I think CJ has provided a good explanation and no further comments are necessary.02br
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We love to give surprises

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