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Dib Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Kindly check these two sentences
Dear teachers
Please check and see if the following two sentences are correct:
Do you get unfairly judged for being a wrestling fan?
Some 50,000 people died in that genocide, but nobody raised their voice over it.
Thanks in advance!
Please check and see if the following two sentences are correct:
Do you get unfairly judged for being a wrestling fan?
Some 50,000 people died in that genocide, but nobody raised their voice over it.
Thanks in advance!
Top answer
Both are OK.
- Both are OK.
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Dibbut nobody raised their voice over it.We don't have a neutral pronoun or adjective for 3rd person singular, so we are stuck with this form, the only alternative being "his/her".
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Thank you teachers!
Can I also replace "for" with "over" in the first sentence?
Do you get unfairly judged over being a wrestling fan?
Without any change in meaning of the sentence?
Can I also replace "for" with "over" in the first sentence?
Do you get unfairly judged over being a wrestling fan?
Without any change in meaning of the sentence?
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I wouldn't say that's wrong, and it means about the same, but I'd say it's more uncommon
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