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Lcchang Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Not nice to say.

I found the following sentences hard to understand in a passage. Would you please help out?

... Well, he was with some woman, but she was anything but attractive. that's not nice to say- he could be a wonderful person- but then again a wonderful person wouldn't be with Greg....

My questions are:
1. For sure, "nothing but attractive" means that woman was not attractive. I know this one.
2. Does "That's not nice to say" mean it's not nice to talk about something?
3 he could be a wonderful person- what does that mean here?
  

Top answer

It is difficult to answer without more context. Here is my interpretation on the scanty text provided: 2. Does "That's not nice to say" mean it's not nice to talk about something?

— AlpheccaStars

  • It is difficult to answer without more context.
  • Here is my interpretation on the scanty text provided: 2.
  • Does "That's not nice to say" mean it's not nice to talk about something?
  • It means that what the person is saying is not polite.
  • 3 he could be a wonderful person- what does that mean here?
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It is difficult to answer without more context. Here is my interpretation on the scanty text provided:

2. Does "That's not nice to say" mean it's not nice to talk about something? It means that what the person is saying is not polite.

3 he could be a wonderful person- what does that mean here? It means that there
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Are you sure you didn't mistype? It seems to me it should be
. . . she could be a wonderful person . . .

Clive
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I agree with you, but it's a typo in the book. Thanks, I got it.
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