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Alc24 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

She wears her nails IN a french manicure??

How would you properly say this?

She wears her nails in a french manicure.

Is it "in"?

Thank you
  

Top answer

No, "in" is not appropriate here. It sounds as if you are saying that she wears her nails "inside of" something called a french manicure. "She has a french manicure" or "Her style of manicure is known as a french manicure" is all you need to say.

— JohnParis

  • No, "in" is not appropriate here.
  • It sounds as if you are saying that she wears her nails "inside of" something called a french manicure.
  • "She has a french manicure" or "Her style of manicure is known as a french manicure" is all you need to say.
  • Manicure states the obvious: that it's on the nails of her fingers and not her toes, that the nails are attached, that the style of manicure is french manicure (white underneath the exposed portion of the nail).
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No, "in" is not appropriate here. It sounds as if you are saying that she wears her nails "inside of" something called a french manicure.

"She has a french manicure" or "Her style of manicure is known as a french manicure" is all you need to say.

Manicure states the obvious: that it's on the nails of her fingers and not her toes, that the nails are attached, that the style of man
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Can you say

"French manicure is what she gets done usually" Is it natural?

Thank you
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You're welcome.

No, your phrase is not natural.

The most natural way of saying what you are trying to say is "she usually gets a french manicure".
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Thank you John,

Can I ask you to help me with one thread please I'm hiving trouble with?

You said you leave in PAris, I do too.

Alex
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Sure - what can I help you with?
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Hello John,

How are you?
Hope all is well, here are the threads I'm struggling with, the second one if I could just get your opinion, it would be great, if you'd like to talk, it would be nice.





Thank you so much

Alex
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Hello Alex,

I'm fine, thank you for asking.

The first thread did not work. The system says that the page has been removed.

The answers given by Philip in the second thread are identical to those that I would have offered.

Some of the sentences feel stilted, however, and I would not use them. Nevertheless, there is nothing wrong with the grammar.

You're
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Hello John,

Thank you so much for the help,

I must have done something wrong when copying the link



This one link if you can help me with is for my book I'm translating from french, Is you French good, as good as your English?

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Alex - please feel free to contact me either by sending a message to my inbox, or by sending me an email directly.

My email address in displayed in my profile.

Regards,

John

PS: My French is as good as my English - both spoken and written.
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