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Chivalry Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Is this expression odd to you?
I'm asking all the native speakers here,
is there any weirdness/oddity in the expression "professing to be someone?"
Because I've only seen this in the Bible and I was surprised to actually hear someone say in real life.
(The whole sentence I heard was "No, you're wrong, it is funny, that the women standing before me, who are professing to be my nearest, dearest friends didn't even know that I did this.")
is there any weirdness/oddity in the expression "professing to be someone?"
Because I've only seen this in the Bible and I was surprised to actually hear someone say in real life.
(The whole sentence I heard was "No, you're wrong, it is funny, that the women standing before me, who are professing to be my nearest, dearest friends didn't even know that I did this.")
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"Because I've only seen this in the Bible and I was surprised to actually hear someone say it in real life. (The whole sentence I heard was "No, you're wrong . ") That expression is not common, but it is not odd.
- "Because I've only seen this in the Bible and I was surprised to actually hear someone say it in real life.
- (The whole sentence I heard was "No, you're wrong .
- ") That expression is not common, but it is not odd.
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chivalryI'm asking all the native speakers here,is there any weirdness/oddity in the expression "professing to be someone?"Because I've only seen this in the Bible and I was surprised to actually hear someone say it in real life.
(The whole sentence I heard was "No, you're wrong.
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I agree with the previous poster. Not common, but not odd either.
CJ
CJ
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CalifJimI agree with the previous poster. Not common, but not odd either.CJBut since it's not common, I want to know what word will be the most commonly-used?
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It's not easy to say what "the most common" word would be. There is no rating system.
A thesaurus will provide you with several different options (declare, announce, proclaim, assert, state, affirm, avow, maintain, protest, claim, pretend, purport, affect) but you, the author, must make the final choice according to your own style and the definition you find best suited for your use.
If "p
A thesaurus will provide you with several different options (declare, announce, proclaim, assert, state, affirm, avow, maintain, protest, claim, pretend, purport, affect) but you, the author, must make the final choice according to your own style and the definition you find best suited for your use.
If "p
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