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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Too spoiled
Can you be "too spoiled"?
I for some reason think that there aren't degrees of spoilness. You either are or aren't.
She's too spoiled.
Thank you
Ps: can you say degrees of spoilness?
What would be an alternative?
I for some reason think that there aren't degrees of spoilness. You either are or aren't.
She's too spoiled.
Thank you
Ps: can you say degrees of spoilness?
What would be an alternative?
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Parents of an only child are sometimes accused of spoiling that child. When parents of young children are not getting along well, their child(ren) become spoiled by one or the other parent. A child that is completely without discipline is sometimes said to be ‘spoiled rotten’.
- Parents of an only child are sometimes accused of spoiling that child.
- When parents of young children are not getting along well, their child(ren) become spoiled by one or the other parent.
- A child that is completely without discipline is sometimes said to be ‘spoiled rotten’.
- So there are at least two degrees of spoiled: a little and a lot.
- To be spoiled, one is given too much freedom or too little punishment.
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Parents of an only child are sometimes accused of spoiling that child. When parents of young children are not getting along well, their child(ren) become spoiled by one or the other parent. A child that is completely without discipline is sometimes said to be ‘spoiled rotten’. So there are at least two degrees of spoiled: a little and a lot. To be spoiled, one is given too much freedom or too
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