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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Proper Use of "Schadenfreude"

"All I experience from the other students is their schadenfreude."

Is the term "schadenfreude" properly used in the above sentence?
  

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How can we judge what you know? In that sentence, schadenfreude could easily mean disdain, slapstick humour, or body odor. You need to construct a more meaningful context.

  • How can we judge what you know?
  • In that sentence, schadenfreude could easily mean disdain, slapstick humour, or body odor.
  • You need to construct a more meaningful context.
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How can we judge what you know? In that sentence, schadenfreude could easily mean disdain, slapstick humour, or body odor. You need to construct a more meaningful context.

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