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Mr. Tom Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
Use of "Unbeknownst "
Hi
I want to know if the word "unbeknownst" would sound natural to native ears in everyday conversation.
Should it not have faded into invisibility long ago?
Tom
I want to know if the word "unbeknownst" would sound natural to native ears in everyday conversation.
Should it not have faded into invisibility long ago?
Tom
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Mr. Tom I want to know if the word "unbeknownst" would sound natural to native ears in everyday conversation. I still use it, but I'm pushing 80.
- Mr.
- Tom I want to know if the word "unbeknownst" would sound natural to native ears in everyday conversation.
- I still use it, but I'm pushing 80.
- I'm sure it would sound strange to the 18 to 30 crowd, unless they were students of literature.
- ) - A.
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Mr. TomI want to know if the word "unbeknownst" would sound natural to native ears in everyday conversation.I still use it, but I'm pushing 80.
I'm sure it would sound strange to the 18 to 30 crowd, unless they were students of literature.
Seems like Maureen O'Hara used it in The Quite Man (John Wayne), and then corrected it to "inadv
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Mr. TomHiI want to know if the word "unbeknownst" would sound natural to native ears in everyday conversation.Should it not have faded into invisibility long ago?TomGoogle it out with right click in the Chrome browser with the word marked in blue, you'll see the option Search Google for 'unbeknownst' so use the left click to choose it, then you'll see the Goo
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