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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

respectful to/towards your elders

0You should be more respectful towards/to your elders.02br
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00Mother got very angry with me because I was disrespectful to/towards her friends last night.02br
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00Do both "towards" and "to" fit in the above and mean about the same? Thanks. 0-
  

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02br 02br 00However, when dealing with 01b 00attitude, 02b 00some people claim that the two words are interchangeable. 02br 02br 00IMO, for this question, I would use 01b 00to02b 00 if I see a person delivers a gesture or an expression directly at the others. , when the children talk behind an elder's back).

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  • 02br 02br 00However, when dealing with 01b 00attitude, 02b 00some people claim that the two words are interchangeable.
  • 02br 02br 00IMO, for this question, I would use 01b 00to02b 00 if I see a person delivers a gesture or an expression directly at the others.
  • , when the children talk behind an elder's back).
  • To be specific, I would use 01b 00toward02b 00 / 01b 00towards02b 00 for the first sentence and 01b 00to02b 00 for the second one.
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0Hi Angliholic, 02br
00I understand that 01b00to02b00 is associated with 01u00destination02u00, while 01b00toward / towards02b00 is related to 01u00direction02u00.02br
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00However, when dealing with 01b00attitude, 02b00some people claim that t
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