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Kumenglish Posted 4 years ago
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On the pretext of

Context: I am trying to use "on the pretext of".

They display fake advertisements to cheat the users on the pretext of earning more money with low investment on social media.

They display fake advertisements on social media to cheat the users on the pretext of earning more money with low investment.

Can we say them these ways?

  

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Hi I don't think that sounds quite right because it's not clear who is doing the 'earning' in the pretext. It is, of course, the owners of the advert who are going to earn, but you mean that the pretext is that they will help you earn. I think you could put it differently, to make that clearer Dave

  • Hi I don't think that sounds quite right because it's not clear who is doing the 'earning' in the pretext.
  • It is, of course, the owners of the advert who are going to earn, but you mean that the pretext is that they will help you earn.
  • I think you could put it differently, to make that clearer Dave
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Hi

I don't think that sounds quite right because it's not clear who is doing the 'earning' in the pretext. It is, of course, the owners of the advert who are going to earn, but you mean that the pretext is that they will help you earn. I think you could put it differently, to make that clearer

Dave

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