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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
ruin someone's pleasure
Is this natural?
You are ruining my pleasure. You keep interrupting me while I'm reading.
You are ruining my pleasure. You keep interrupting me while I'm reading.
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Yes.
- Yes.
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You are ruining my pleasure To me, this sounds much too dramatic for such a simple, ordinary context.
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Interrupt: Isn't that not the best word. Maybe disturb or disrupt? What do you think?
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Maybe. Those words do not focus quite so strongly on the idea of 'pleasure'.
And you already used the word 'imterrupt' in your second sentence.
Clive
And you already used the word 'imterrupt' in your second sentence.
Clive
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I don't understand your answer. Should I have used the word interrupt or disturb or disrupt?
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Of those three, the best choice is 'disturb'.
I already told you what I would say.
Perhaps you do not realize that in English culture an occasional 'please' and/or 'thank you' is appreciated.
I already told you what I would say.
Perhaps you do not realize that in English culture an occasional 'please' and/or 'thank you' is appreciated.
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