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Taruns1008 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

"tell a lie"

#1 He said a number of lies and then went without saying me good bye.

Is this sentence correct? "tell a lie" is a idiom/phrase, So I think it should be "He told a number of lies".

  

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taruns1008 #1 He said a number of lies and then went without saying me good bye. The yellow part has been used incorrectly.

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  • taruns1008 #1 He said a number of lies and then went without saying me good bye.
  • The yellow part has been used incorrectly.
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taruns1008#1 He said a number of lies and then went without saying me good bye.

The yellow part has been used incorrectly.

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taruns1008I think it should be "He told a number of lies".

You are correct. We do not say "to say lies"; we say "to tell lies".

CJ

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"He told a number of lies and then left without saying goodbye" is the most natural way of saying this.

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