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BW2/3 Posted 20 years ago
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She never gets confused over her dates, and I always do. But she does find me out, she make no row at all.
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>and she makes no row at all. She doesn't quarrel at all with me.
- >and she makes no row at all.
- She doesn't quarrel at all with me.
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>and she makes no row at all.
She doesn't quarrel at all with me.
She doesn't quarrel at all with me.
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Espicially "no" emphasizes that there is more being empathy in this sentence.
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It's a bad use of the word row. Argument is appropriate there, but we don't use row in that way.
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Nona The BritIt's a bad use of the word row. Argument is appropriate there, but we don't use row in that way.
Hi, Nona:
How about these? I agree they are not frequent, but ...
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row
transitive verb
2 chiefly Britain : to speak angrily to :
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Oh yes, row is frequently used in BrEng to mean argument/squabble.
It just doesn't collocate in that context. If it had said 'she didn't pick a row with me' that would have been ok. But we don't 'make' a row. (well, we do, but that is when we are talking about a loud noise, not the argument meaning).
It just doesn't collocate in that context. If it had said 'she didn't pick a row with me' that would have been ok. But we don't 'make' a row. (well, we do, but that is when we are talking about a loud noise, not the argument meaning).
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It's from The picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wild , So saying " Bad use of the word " is a little bit exaggerated 
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