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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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I accepted her offer to sit at the window seat to spare us both the embarrassment of me sweating like crazy.

Please correct the above sentence.
  

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sumon dutta I accepted her offer to sit at the window seat to spare myself the embarrassment of sweating like crazy or sweating profusely.

  • sumon dutta I accepted her offer to sit at the window seat to spare myself the embarrassment of sweating like crazy or sweating profusely.
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sumon dutta I accepted her offer to sit at the window seat to spare myself the embarrassment of sweating like crazy or sweating profusely.
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Thanks.However,I want to convey that me sweatinng would have embarrassed not only me ,but also her. So why "spare myself " ?
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sumon duttaThanks.However,I want to convey that me sweatinng would have embarrassed not only me ,but also her. So why "spare myself " ?
That's because she will be most likely to get annoyed by the unpleasant smell of your sweat ,rather than getting ashamed of something, she is not responsible for .
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I accepted her offer to sit at the window seat to spare us both the embarrassment of me sweating like crazy.

Please correct the above sentence.It's OK as written
Formal English would be . . . of my sweating. . ., but the phrase 'like crazy' suggests this is inform
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Thanks . She should be if she considers me part of her identity.
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