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Alc24 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Is this an idiom? How would you say this?

Is this idiomatic? or would you have to change it?

1 You are nobody to tell me how to do my job.

2 Who are you to tell me how to do my job?

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Sentence 2 is idiomatic and is the one I would use. Sentence 1 is definitely not idiomatic. You could replace NOBODY with NOT QUALIFIED, but I would definitely use sentence 2.

— KrisBlueNZ

  • Sentence 2 is idiomatic and is the one I would use.
  • Sentence 1 is definitely not idiomatic.
  • You could replace NOBODY with NOT QUALIFIED, but I would definitely use sentence 2.
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Sentence 2 is idiomatic and is the one I would use.
Sentence 1 is definitely not idiomatic. You could replace NOBODY with NOT QUALIFIED, but I would definitely use sentence 2.
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