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Rommel Posted 11 years ago
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Is this statement of mine using the expressions 'turn otherwise' grammatically correct?

Is this statement of mine using the expressions turn otherwise grammatically correct? 

One thing I do may seem right to me and to the people I help, but it can turn otherwise to the my girlfriends.
  

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"Turn" means to rotate; "turn out" in this instance means to happen. , you're thinking of one particular thing you do that your girlfriends don't like. It's no doubt true for lots of things, as that is the nature of girlfriends.

  • "Turn" means to rotate; "turn out" in this instance means to happen.
  • , you're thinking of one particular thing you do that your girlfriends don't like.
  • It's no doubt true for lots of things, as that is the nature of girlfriends.
  • " The antecedent of "it" is not "things" but rather the general situation of good intentions running into the objections of girlfirends
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"Turn" means to rotate; "turn out" in this instance means to happen. "One thing" here has specificity, i.e., you're thinking of one particular thing you do that your girlfriends don't like. It's no doubt true for lots of things, as that is the nature of girlfriends.

"Some things I do may seem right to me and to the people I help, but it can turn out otherwise to my girlfriends."

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