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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

spread the secret

Did you spread the secret I told you?

I wonder if I could also say let out/pass the secret instead of the phrase in bold. By the way, are there more alternatives? Thanks.
  

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Hi Angliholic I would not use either let out or pass. However, you might ask someone whether they d i vulged or revealed a secret. Both of those would also be more formal than spread the secret .

— Yankee

  • Hi Angliholic I would not use either let out or pass.
  • However, you might ask someone whether they d i vulged or revealed a secret.
  • Both of those would also be more formal than spread the secret .
  • And instead of spread the secret , I think I would be more likely to say one of these: - Did you tell / Have you told anyone (else) the secret I told you?
  • - What I told you was a secert.
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Hi Angliholic

I would not use either let out or pass. However, you might ask someone whether they divulged or revealed a secret. Both of those would also be more formal than spread the secret. And instead of spread the secret, I think I would be more likely to say one of these:

- Did you tell / Have you told anyone (else) the
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YankeeHi Angliholic

I would not use either let out or pass. However, you might ask someone whether they devulged or revealed a secret. Both of those would also be more formal than spread the secret. And instead of spread the secret, I think I would be more likely to say one of these:

- Did you tell / Have you
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Hi Angliholic

Sorry about that. I managed to misspell "divulge" in my last post.
I'll correct it. Thanks for pointing that out.
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