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Hly2004 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
rude vs crule vs mean
How are these words used properly?
eg:
A child, who's always shouted at loudly by his mother when he's late for school, said to his mother "Never seen such a rude/crule/mean mom".
eg:
A child, who's always shouted at loudly by his mother when he's late for school, said to his mother "Never seen such a rude/crule/mean mom".
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"cruel", not "crule". "rude" means lacking in manners. It's a description of a person who behaves badly toward others.
- "cruel", not "crule".
- "rude" means lacking in manners.
- It's a description of a person who behaves badly toward others.
- Not saying "please" and "thank you" can be considered rude.
- ) Mentioning someone's drinking problem to others while the drinker himself is present can be considered both rude and mean.
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"cruel", not "crule".
"rude" means lacking in manners. It's a description of a person who behaves badly toward others.
Not saying "please" and "thank you" can be considered rude. (It's not usually considered "mean", however.)
Mentioning someone's drinking problem to others while the drinker himself is present can be considered both rude and mean.
"cruel" might be c
"rude" means lacking in manners. It's a description of a person who behaves badly toward others.
Not saying "please" and "thank you" can be considered rude. (It's not usually considered "mean", however.)
Mentioning someone's drinking problem to others while the drinker himself is present can be considered both rude and mean.
"cruel" might be c
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Thank you ! CJ
another question: What's the descriptive adjective used to depict a mom who always shout at her mischievous children ?
another question: What's the descriptive adjective used to depict a mom who always shout at her mischievous children ?
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If she does it in public, to the onlooker the behavior would be considered rude because she is creating an unpleasant scene.
If the children's feelings are really hurt, to them she's mean.
If the children are quite used to it because it happens all the time, to them she's just being Mom, not being mean.
There is no adjective that applies neutrally for all aspects of such b
If the children's feelings are really hurt, to them she's mean.
If the children are quite used to it because it happens all the time, to them she's just being Mom, not being mean.
There is no adjective that applies neutrally for all aspects of such b
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Thank you! I see not each word is mapped in a word of another language, and vice versa.
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You are absolutely correct. There is very rarely a one-to-one correspondence between words of different languages. This is especially true when human emotions or judgments are involved.
An interesting exercise can be done using a bilingual dictionary. Start with one word ("mean", let's say). Write it on the left side of a sheet of paper. Look it up, and write all possible equivale
An interesting exercise can be done using a bilingual dictionary. Start with one word ("mean", let's say). Write it on the left side of a sheet of paper. Look it up, and write all possible equivale
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Hly,
Just out of curiosity, and to give me more of contextual hint...if you looked up the Chinese word for the Mom who yells at her badly behaving children, what are some of the English words listed?
Just out of curiosity, and to give me more of contextual hint...if you looked up the Chinese word for the Mom who yells at her badly behaving children, what are some of the English words listed?
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There is a word in my language that can be said in the situation. However, It's a stronger word than "mean", because from a dictionary I looked up, its literal meaning is "fierce and cruel" eg: a fierce look. But we didn't really mean it if we use it in this case (The literal meaning is reduced to a lower level). So I think "mean" is the best word. I'm not sure 'mean' is a strong word or no
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Can you write or cut & paste the Chinese character here? I want to go to a Chinese-Korean dictionary and see if there is a direct translation.
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Hly2004??
Well it didn't help any...I looked it up and it says the first character mea
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