To Or With
Hello everyone,
Are the sentences below okay with either "to" or "with"?
1. I'm frank to you.
2. I'm frank with you.
3. I'm straightforward to you.
4. I'm straightforward with you.
Note. Here I mean when you want tell someone the truth, but which they may not like. Or when you're honest about your feelings and not hiding anything.
Regards,
JA
Top answer
You need the continuous tense and only 'with', thus: I'm being frank with you. I'm being straightforward with you. Of these, the first is more idiomatic to my ear, though the second is not wrong.
- You need the continuous tense and only 'with', thus: I'm being frank with you.
- I'm being straightforward with you.
- Of these, the first is more idiomatic to my ear, though the second is not wrong.
- In my experience 'straightforward' is used more as the opposite of 'complicated' even though it can also mean honest or frank.
- a straightforward answer, a straightforward concept, a straightforward analysis, a straightforward plan, a straightforward manner CJ
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You need the continuous tense and only 'with', thus:
I'm being frank with you.
I'm being straightforward with you.
Of these, the first is more idiomatic to my ear, though the second is not wrong. In my experience 'straightforward' is used more as the opposite of 'complicated' even though it can also mean honest or frank.
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