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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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pass off as

Is this sentence correctly written?
I passed her off as a dumb blonde but she was in fact very smart.

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No. I passed her off as a dumb blonde This means I helped her trick other people into thinking that she was a dumb blonde. I think you mean that you mistakenly thought she was a dumb blonde.

— Clive

  • No.
  • I passed her off as a dumb blonde This means I helped her trick other people into thinking that she was a dumb blonde.
  • I think you mean that you mistakenly thought she was a dumb blonde.
  • If so, say eg I dismissed her as a dumb blonde.
  • eg I took her to be a dumb blonde.
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No.
I passed her off as a dumb blonde This means I helped her trick other people into thinking that she was a dumb blonde.

I think you mean that you mistakenly thought she was a dumb blonde. If so, say
eg I dismissed her as a dumb blonde.
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