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Mr. Tom Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

No amount of criticism hurts him.

Hi

Could you please check this sentence? Is it OK? Any suggestions are welcome.

No amount of criticism hurts him. I think he has got a rhino skin.

Thanks,

Tom
  

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Hi, No amount of criticism hurts him. I think he has got a rhino skin. More natural is No amount of criticism hurts him.

— Clive

  • Hi, No amount of criticism hurts him.
  • I think he has got a rhino skin.
  • More natural is No amount of criticism hurts him.
  • I think he has the skin of a rhinocerous.
  • No amount of criticism hurts him.
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Hi,

No amount of criticism hurts him. I think he has got a rhino skin.

More natural is

No amount of criticism hurts him. I think he has the skin of a rhinocerous.



No amount of criticism hurts him. I think he has skin like a rhinocerous.



Clive
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I think he has the skin of a rhino. OR I think he has rhino's skin.  

Combing the two sentences would yield: 

No amount of criticism can penetrate his thick layer of rhino skin. 
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Hi,

Unfortunately that suggestion is far from natural, and rather repetitious of the idea. Emotion: crying

A rhino's skin is ge
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This is the natural phrase:

I think he has the skin of a rhinoceros.
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