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Mr. Tom Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Use of ungenerous

Hi

Is the use of ungenerous OK in these sentences? Is the use of this word common among native speakers?

I believe it would be rather ungenerous not to share your poems with others.
You do not want to sing? I think it would be very ungenerous of you.
[said to a singer who everyone in a party wants to sing]

Thanks,

Tom
  

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Mr. Tom Is the use of ungenerous OK in these sentences? In the first sentence, it is not totally clear who is being ungenerous.

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  • Tom Is the use of ungenerous OK in these sentences?
  • In the first sentence, it is not totally clear who is being ungenerous.
  • In conversation "do not" is normally contracted to "don't".
  • Otherwise they're OK.
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Mr. TomIs the use of ungenerous OK in these sentences?
In the first sentence, it is not totally clear who is being ungenerous. In conversation "do not" is normally contracted to "don't". Otherwise they're OK.
Mr. TomIs the use of this word common among native speakers?
Neither common nor rare, I would say.
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Mr. TomIs the use of ungenerous OK in these sentences?
Yes. It seems more appropriate in the first sentence than in the second. In the second one it amounts to badgering rather than coaxing.
Mr. TomIs the use of this word common among native speakers?
I have never heard anyone use it in conversation. I know it only as a w
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