Stop for nothing
Which are correct:
1) He will stop for nothing.
2) He will beg for nothing.
3) He will say hurtful things to you if he finds a weakness. He won't do it for anything in particular. He doesn't have any motives to hurt you. He'll just do it.
4) He will say hurtful things to you if he finds a weakness. He won't do it for anything. He doesn't have any motives to hurt you. He'll just do it.
Gratefully,
Navi
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navitasan Which are correct 1) and 2) are clearly correct, though 1) is such a common idiom that it is easy to parse mentally. 2) is the same pattern, but less easily deciphered, at least in isolation. 3) is correct, but the bold part is more usually expressed as He won't do it for any particular reason or He doesn't have to have a reason.
- navitasan Which are correct 1) and 2) are clearly correct, though 1) is such a common idiom that it is easy to parse mentally.
- 2) is the same pattern, but less easily deciphered, at least in isolation.
- 3) is correct, but the bold part is more usually expressed as He won't do it for any particular reason or He doesn't have to have a reason.
- 4) consists of correct sentences, but the bold part does not express the meaning you want as clearly as in 3).
- In fact, it can almost be taken as a contradiction of the first sentence.
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navitasanWhich are correct
1) and 2) are clearly correct, though 1) is such a common idiom that it is easy to parse mentally. 2) is the same pattern, but less easily deciphered, at least in isolation.
3) is correct, but the bold part is more usually expressed as He won't do it for any particular reason or He doesn't have to have a reason.
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