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Hotmale Posted 8 years ago
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Take something to be something
Hello,
I've run across this sentence: "I took his shrugs to be disinterest", but is it a common structure.
Can I replace it with "I mistook his shrugs for disinterest"?
Thank you
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Hotmale but is it a common structure? Yes. It means to consider or undetstand something in a particular way.
- Hotmale but is it a common structure?
- Yes.
- It means to consider or undetstand something in a particular way.
- Hotmale Can I replace it with "I mistook his shrugs for disinterest"?
- Yes.
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Hotmalebut is it a common structure?
Yes. It means to consider or undetstand something in a particular way.
HotmaleCan I replace it with "I mistook his shrugs for disinterest"?
Yes. He meant something else but you mistook it for disinterest.
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