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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Using of word "sure-footed"

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00can I use phrase "I am sure-footed that..." instead of "I am convinced that" or in "In my strong opinion"?02br
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", but to me it's a strange and unnatural form of wording. Though I'd understand what it meant, it's not something I would ever say. 0-

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  • Though I'd understand what it meant, it's not something I would ever say.
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0Well, "sure-footed" means (copied from COED): "unlikely to stumble or slip; confident and competent".02br
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00So it might be reasonable to expect that "I am sure-footed that..." could mean "I am confident that...", but to me it's a strange and unnatural form of wording. Though I'd understand what it meant, it's not something I would ever say. To me, "sure-footed" applies
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0 Nope: 02br
01b00"am sure-footed that"02b00 - did not match any documents. 0-
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0No. I'm guessing that this is a direct translation of an idiom from your own language, however, this idiom does not exist in English.02br
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00'I am 01u00sure02u00 that ....' is ok.0-
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