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Christine Christie Posted 4 years ago
Grammar
'run'
Does this sentence make sense:
"You must spoil your daughter run."
I heard this sentence in a movie.
(I suppose I misheard it, and there may be a mistake about 'run'.)
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THANK YOU.
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It might have been You must spoil your daughter rotten. That's a common grouping of words. 'to spoil (someone) rotten'.
- It might have been You must spoil your daughter rotten.
- That's a common grouping of words.
- 'to spoil (someone) rotten'.
- 'rotten' is not literal, of course.
- It's a way of saying 'very much' in this expression.
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It might have been
You must spoil your daughter rotten.
That's a common grouping of words. 'to spoil (someone) rotten'.
'rotten' is not literal, of course. It's a way of saying 'very much' in this expression.
CJ
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