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Lucas21c Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Presume + assumption
Could you tell me whether the following sentence sounds okay or not?
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A gift is not presumed on the assumption that somthing is likely given to somebody considering the motive behind the giving.
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A gift is not presumed on the assumption that somthing is likely given to somebody considering the motive behind the giving.
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Its meaning is very quite murky if not unintelligible. If this is what you mean, then this is what you should write: Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. He who receives a gift should not presume the giver has a motive.
- Its meaning is very quite murky if not unintelligible.
- If this is what you mean, then this is what you should write: Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
- He who receives a gift should not presume the giver has a motive.
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Its meaning is very quite murky if not unintelligible. If this is what you mean, then this is what you should write:
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
He who receives a gift should not presume the giver has a motive.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
He who receives a gift should not presume the giver has a motive.
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Judging from what you say, I seems to fail to convey my thought in English.
Actually, the original text - not written in English - is about a legal term and what I intended to say is totally different from what you understand.
The following sentence is slghtly different from what I intended to say, but helps to make me understood better.
Could you review it again?
Thank you.
Actually, the original text - not written in English - is about a legal term and what I intended to say is totally different from what you understand.
The following sentence is slghtly different from what I intended to say, but helps to make me understood better.
Could you review it again?
Thank you.
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At the very least, presume and assume are near synonyms. It is still a lot of gobbledygook. Try this:
A gift upon death cannot be presumed from an earlier intention expressed in word or deed.
A gift upon death cannot be presumed from an earlier intention expressed in word or deed.
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