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Navitasan Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Sick
Which are correct:
1-I am sick to have to tell you the bad news.
Meaning: I am sick because I have to tell you the bad news.
2-I am sick to tell you the bad news.
I am sick because I am telling you the bad news.
3-I am sick of telling you the bad news.
I think "3" implies that I tell you the bad news all the time.
Gratefully,
Navi.
1-I am sick to have to tell you the bad news.
Meaning: I am sick because I have to tell you the bad news.
2-I am sick to tell you the bad news.
I am sick because I am telling you the bad news.
3-I am sick of telling you the bad news.
I think "3" implies that I tell you the bad news all the time.
Gratefully,
Navi.
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1- It makes me sick to have to tell you the bad news. 2- It makes me sick to tell you the bad news. 3- I am sick of telling you the bad news.
- 1- It makes me sick to have to tell you the bad news.
- 2- It makes me sick to tell you the bad news.
- 3- I am sick of telling you the bad news.
- ( I am tired of being the one that tells you the bad news)
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1- It makes me sick to have to tell you the bad news.
2- It makes me sick to tell you the bad news.
3- I am sick of telling you the bad news. ( I am tired of being the one that tells you the bad news)
2- It makes me sick to tell you the bad news.
3- I am sick of telling you the bad news. ( I am tired of being the one that tells you the bad news)
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AlpheccaStars1- It makes me sick to have to tell you the bad news.2- It makes me sick to tell you the bad news.3- I am sick of telling you the bad news. ( I am tired of being the one that tells you the bad news)Can I say:
I am sick because I saw a man shave off his own pinky. Or
I am getting sick because I saw a man shave off his own pinky.
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I am sick (nauseated?) because I saw a man cut off his own pinky.
The second one isn't unless the vision of someone cutting off a digit persists in your mind.
The second one isn't unless the vision of someone cutting off a digit persists in your mind.
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