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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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Read into it

How would you correctly write the following?


Sam talked about his teammate compliment him and his game yet the journalist were able to read into it and turn what he said around into something negative about his teammate.

Is read into it what you would say?

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Sam talked about his teammate compliment him and his game yet the journalist were able to read into it and turn what he said around into something negative about his teammate. Sam talked about his teammate's complimenting him and his game, but the journalist were able to read between the lines and turn what he said into something negative about his teammate. You have to read X into Y.

  • Sam talked about his teammate compliment him and his game yet the journalist were able to read into it and turn what he said around into something negative about his teammate.
  • Sam talked about his teammate's complimenting him and his game, but the journalist were able to read between the lines and turn what he said into something negative about his teammate.
  • You have to read X into Y.
  • You can't just read into Y.
  • The meaning of your sentence is a little off, I think.
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anonymousHow would you correctly write the following?Sam talked about his teammate compliment him and his game yet the journalist were able to read into it and turn what he said around into something negative about his teammate.

Sam talked about his teammate's complimenting him and his game, but the journalist were able to read between the lines and turn wh

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