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Kaliepia Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
"put on punishment"
Hey there,
I want to know if in english it sounds correct to say ' I was put on punishment by my mom'. I've been looking up all the dictionaries and everywhere else on the internet and I found no collocation such this. I found it only in the american corpus and I was wondering if it's right or not!
Irene
I want to know if in english it sounds correct to say ' I was put on punishment by my mom'. I've been looking up all the dictionaries and everywhere else on the internet and I found no collocation such this. I found it only in the american corpus and I was wondering if it's right or not!
Irene
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No, it sounds incorrect, If you said that to me, I wouldn't understand your meaning.
- No, it sounds incorrect, If you said that to me, I wouldn't understand your meaning.
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No, it sounds incorrect,
If you said that to me, I wouldn't understand your meaning.
If you said that to me, I wouldn't understand your meaning.
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I'm in the US and I've heard this usage before. It is a more official-sounding way of saying "punished" and is usually used in the context of school or the military. For example:
At school I was put on punishment for texting during class.
The sergeant put me on punishment for fighting and I've got to stand extra guard duty.
At school I was put on punishment for texting during class.
The sergeant put me on punishment for fighting and I've got to stand extra guard duty.
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