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TomJ Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Q46: Could you help me with these sentences, please

Hello teachers, 

Please take a look at the following sentences and tell me whether they need any corrections or not:

= You do look innocent by your face, but I doubt if you really are. 

= You seem to be tough outside, but you ain't really inside. (Do you have any other better ways to express this idea, please? Also, we could refer to a guy as 'tough', but I wonder if we could also say that a girl is tough outside.)

One more and last thing, please...
Do "from one's heart" and "from the core of one's heart" mean the same thing? For example, could we either "She loves him from her heart" or "She loves him from the core of her heart"? And would they mean the same thing? 

Thank you all. 
  

Top answer

You look innocent, but I doubt it. You seem tough, but you aren't. She loves him, if he holds a job.

— PeterT

  • You look innocent, but I doubt it.
  • You seem tough, but you aren't.
  • She loves him, if he holds a job.
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4 Answers
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You look innocent, but I doubt it.
You seem tough, but you aren't.
She loves him, if he holds a job.
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TomJYou do look innocent by your face, but I doubt if you really are.
By your face doesn’t seem very natural to me, and I can’t think of a much better alternative. The sentence is fine without it, but I would also remove if.
TomJYou seem to be tough outside, but you ain't really inside. (Do you have any other better ways t
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Thanks to you, AG, for replying. .... Emotion: smile
Aspara GusYou seem tough on the outside, but you really aren’t on th
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TomJDo we always need to use the preposition "on" with "outside" or "inside" in sentences like that?
For example, looking at some fruit, could I say "it seems tough outside, but it isn't really so inside"?
Usually, I think. You seem tough outside sounds like they’re tough when they’re outdoors, and It seems tough outside looks like an extrapo
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