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Rex Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Tonsure

01. I know a man who has a tonsure.02br
002. I know a tonsure man.02br
003. I know a man with tonsure.02br
004. He is a man with tonsure.02br
005. He has a tonsure.02br
00I don't think the word tonsure could use as a verb.02br
00This particular man has shaved his hair. Now he is bold. Are all my sentences fine in this context?0-
  

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0Tonsure is only used to mean the traditional haircut of a monk. 0-

  • 0Tonsure is only used to mean the traditional haircut of a monk.
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0Tonsure is only used to mean the traditional haircut of a monk. If you shave your head, you become b01b00a02b00ld.02br
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00If you're talking about a monk, you could say (1) or (5), or you could amend (3) to I know a man with a tonsure.0-
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0Now he is bold. - I think you mean 'bald'.02br
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00A tonsure is when monks shave a small bald circle on the top of their heads, leaving the rest of their hair. It isn't used in other contexts.0-

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