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Guest Posted 22 years ago
Vocabulary
To peer, petty
My students wrote:
She peers at women at bad times.
This is wrong. But how to explain 'to peer;?
Another example:
'My brother is petty.'
This is also not correct. But how shall I explain why?
She peers at women at bad times.
This is wrong. But how to explain 'to peer;?
Another example:
'My brother is petty.'
This is also not correct. But how shall I explain why?
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Sorry, guest, but I can see no error in the use of 'peer' or 'petty' in these sentences. The first one is a little strange, because I don't understand why 'at bad times', but they are otherwise correct. In your first example, 'she looks looks with suspicion or curiosity at women'; in the second, 'the brother is shallow-minded'-- both of these seem reasonable concepts to me.
- Sorry, guest, but I can see no error in the use of 'peer' or 'petty' in these sentences.
- The first one is a little strange, because I don't understand why 'at bad times', but they are otherwise correct.
- In your first example, 'she looks looks with suspicion or curiosity at women'; in the second, 'the brother is shallow-minded'-- both of these seem reasonable concepts to me.
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Sorry, guest, but I can see no error in the use of 'peer' or 'petty' in these sentences. The first one is a little strange, because I don't understand why 'at bad times', but they are otherwise correct. In your first example, 'she looks looks with suspicion or curiosity at women'; in the second, 'the brother is shallow-minded'-- both of these seem reasonable concepts to me.
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