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Sft M Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
owe
1)he owes our respect
2) he deserves our respect.
Does sentence 1 & 2 express the same meaning ?
2) he deserves our respect.
Does sentence 1 & 2 express the same meaning ?
Top answer
No. Sentence #1 is completely wrong. Sentence #2 needs to begin with a capital letter.
- No.
- Sentence #1 is completely wrong.
- Sentence #2 needs to begin with a capital letter.
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No. Sentence #1 is completely wrong.
Sentence #2 needs to begin with a capital letter.
Sentence #2 needs to begin with a capital letter.
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Can you explain why sentence 1 is wrong ? And what I need to do to use the word "owe" to articulate the meaning of sentence 2 ?
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sft M1)he owes our respect 2) he deserves our respect.1) He is owed our respect. / We owe him our respect. 2) He deserves our respect.
Now they're just about the same in meaning.
CJ
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sft MI have been in trouble with "owe".Maybe it helps to think of "owe" as "need to pay".
CJ
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