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Gene93 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
to give someone an impression
Does "My brother gave me some really good impressions of the new Thai restaurant" sound okay to you? It doesn't sound like something I'd use, but it might be natural enough.
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It's difficult - 'impressions', being a word with multiple meanings, suggests 'impersonations' so it sounds as though your brother is pretending to be a Thai restaurant...
- It's difficult - 'impressions', being a word with multiple meanings, suggests 'impersonations' so it sounds as though your brother is pretending to be a Thai restaurant...
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It's difficult - 'impressions', being a word with multiple meanings, suggests 'impersonations' so it sounds as though your brother is pretending to be a Thai restaurant...
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That's one of the reasons I didn't like the sentence. Does "give" fit the sentence? Basically, her/his brother's opinion of the restaurant was good.
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There's nothing that stands out as being 'wrong' to me; the issue is the common double-meaning which ruins the intended meaning. I'd simply change it around to avoid the problem.
Referring to a 'really positive impression' of the place may take people's thoughts away from an impersonation or you could go for a totally different approach. Using the plural rather than just 'impression' doesn't
Referring to a 'really positive impression' of the place may take people's thoughts away from an impersonation or you could go for a totally different approach. Using the plural rather than just 'impression' doesn't
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