Is the sentence "the newspapers tattled on what was happening" natural and grammatically correct?
Is the sentence "the newspapers tattled on what was happening" natural and grammatically correct?
I once asked about this, but I haven't gotten any clear answers till now.
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You can tattle on a person to someone else, but the newspapers cannot tattle on what was happening. It tattled about what was happening. Still, I don't like the word "tattle" in this context.
- You can tattle on a person to someone else, but the newspapers cannot tattle on what was happening.
- It tattled about what was happening.
- Still, I don't like the word "tattle" in this context.
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You can tattle on a person to someone else, but the newspapers cannot tattle on what was happening. It tattled about what was happening. Still, I don't like the word "tattle" in this context.
0'tattle' is almost a children's word. In adult company you'll hear it once or twice every fifty years.
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