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Christine Christie Posted 5 years ago
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Is this sentence correct:


"As she saw me, she turned her head, with snottiness, to the other side from where I was."



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Christine Christie Is this sentence correct: In a way. There is nothing technically wrong, but it betrays a certain lack of facility on the part of the writer. " "With snottiness" and "snottily" possess the same playful inappropriateness.

  • Christine Christie Is this sentence correct: In a way.
  • There is nothing technically wrong, but it betrays a certain lack of facility on the part of the writer.
  • " "With snottiness" and "snottily" possess the same playful inappropriateness.
  • "Haughty" or "contemptuous" or "disdainful" or "dismissive", among other words, are more normal there.
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Christine ChristieIs this sentence correct:

In a way. There is nothing technically wrong, but it betrays a certain lack of facility on the part of the writer. More natural would be

"When she saw me, she turned her head snottily away."

"With snottiness" and "snottily" possess the same playful inappropriateness. "Haughty" or "contemptuous" or "dis

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