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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Pay disrespect?
Hi
What does "pay disrepect" mean? Is it an idiom or something like that?
Samurai in feudal Japan were allowed to execute civilians who paid them disrespect!
Thanks
What does "pay disrepect" mean? Is it an idiom or something like that?
Samurai in feudal Japan were allowed to execute civilians who paid them disrespect!
Thanks
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It's not a natural English expression. " "Show disrespect" is fine, but "pay disrespect" is not.
- It's not a natural English expression.
- " "Show disrespect" is fine, but "pay disrespect" is not.
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It's not a natural English expression.
The writer has confused the expressions "pay respects" and "show respect" and then tried to apply it to the opposite, "disrespect."
"Show disrespect" is fine, but "pay disrespect" is not.
The writer has confused the expressions "pay respects" and "show respect" and then tried to apply it to the opposite, "disrespect."
"Show disrespect" is fine, but "pay disrespect" is not.
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Interesting! "pay disrespect" is meant to be the opposite of "pay respects" , which is a fairly common phrase. I personally would use "showed them disrespect" there.
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