1. If someone is holding a bottle of perfume, does it make sense to say:
"If you don’t know what to give as present for Christmas, here’s a really wonderful HINT."
2. By the way, when speaking of perfume, is it correct to say: 'a BOTTLE of perfume'?
Christine Christie If you don’t know what to give as present for Christmas, here’s a really wonderful HINT. No, it's not 'hint'. That's for when you're asking someone to guess the answer to a question, and they're having trouble finding the answer.
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Christine ChristieIf you don’t know what to give as present for Christmas, here’s a really wonderful HINT.
No, it's not 'hint'. That's for when you're asking someone to guess the answer to a question, and they're having trouble finding the answer.
You need choice, idea, suggestion, or possibility.
Christine Christie