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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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It was scary
Is this sentence correct? Do I need to change some words?
It was scary performing in front of a big audience last night. I was about to turn down my role as a singer.
Thanks for the help
It was scary performing in front of a big audience last night. I was about to turn down my role as a singer.
Thanks for the help
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It works for me. "Role" seems a little unusual here, but I get what you mean. When I hear "role as a singer" I think of Al Jolson or Neil Diamond in the movie The Jazz Singer .
- It works for me.
- "Role" seems a little unusual here, but I get what you mean.
- When I hear "role as a singer" I think of Al Jolson or Neil Diamond in the movie The Jazz Singer .
- " In you example, "turn down my role" is figurative.
- " Yours actually sounds better, but I hope you get my point.
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It works for me. "Role" seems a little unusual here, but I get what you mean.
When I hear "role as a singer" I think of Al Jolson or Neil Diamond in the movie The Jazz Singer.
The incongruity would be more obvious were you to say, "my role as an actor."
In you example, "turn down my role" is figurative.
Maybe, "reject/scrap my vocation as a singer." Yo
When I hear "role as a singer" I think of Al Jolson or Neil Diamond in the movie The Jazz Singer.
The incongruity would be more obvious were you to say, "my role as an actor."
In you example, "turn down my role" is figurative.
Maybe, "reject/scrap my vocation as a singer." Yo
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