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Tostyle un Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Miser

Hello teachers,

Can it be said this way?

"He was too miser to spend $20 on chocolates."

"I'm not that miser to spend $20 on chocolates."

Thank you.

  

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tostyle un Can it be said this way? No. Why would you try that?

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tostyle unCan it be said this way?

No. Why would you try that?

"He was too miserly to spend $20 on chocolates."

"I'm not so miserly that I would spend $20 on chocolates."

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Note that the word 'miserly' is not commonly used in modern everyday English. I usually hear the idiomatic adjective 'cheap'. eg "He was too cheap to spend $20 on chocolates."

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