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Successor Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Mend one's ways

Hello,

What do you think is the best word for the gap in the sentence:



The president threatened to take action against the newspapers if they didn’t mend their .......

A.wrongs B.ways C.errors D.manners



I think this is an idiom: 'mend one's ways', and no other answers are possible in this context. Thank you.
  

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Hi, Yes, I agree. But note that, in a context where politeness is being discussed, there is a standard idiomatic expression, 'mend one's manners'. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, Yes, I agree.
  • But note that, in a context where politeness is being discussed, there is a standard idiomatic expression, 'mend one's manners'.
  • Clive
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Hi,


Yes, I agree.


But note that, in a context where politeness is being discussed, there is a standard idiomatic expression, 'mend one's manners'.


Clive

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I don't know if this is another case of a regional difference here but I've never heard "mend one's manners." Where I'm from it's "mind one's manners" with the verb "mind" meaning "be careful of"
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EmmeladelynI don't know if this is another case of a regional difference here but I've never heard "mend one's manners." Where I'm from it's "mind one's manners" with the verb "mind" meaning "be careful of"
This is my reaction as well.
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Hi,

There are some google hits, but I admit there are not a lot.Emotion: smile

It's a pretty old-fashioned thing to say.
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I want some more sentences on mend one's ways with correct word

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