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0On air, the weather man gave the audience a mug in the plaza. He asked her where she was from. Then she told him about her hometown and began to flatter him. She loved to watch him and, very funny to me, she had a young daughter. The weather man could not get rid her in a polite way. I was watching and laughing because it seemed kind of embarrass. The woman had no shame of herself. I didn’t believe she invited him to her home and mentioned that she had a young daughter. It looked as if she was not attractive enough but her daughter was. 02br02br02br02br02br02br00Are they correct?02br02br02br02br00Thank you 0-

Nona the brit · Accepted Answer

0The highlighted parts do not make sense. A mug? That's a type of cup. The final sentence - attractive enough for what?02br
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00On air, the weather man gave the audience 00a mug in the plaza00. He asked her 01b00(who?)02b00 where she was from. Then she told him about her hometown and began to flatter him. She loved to watch him and, very funny to me, she had a young daughter. The weather man could not get rid 01b00of 02b00her in a polite way. I was watching and laughing because it seemed kind of 01b00embarrassing02b00. The woman had no 01b00shame.02b00 I 01b00couldn't 02b00believe she invited him to her home and mentioned that she had a young daughter. 00It looked as if she was not attractive enough but her daughter was. 0-

Philip · Answer

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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10The highlighted parts do not make sense. A mug? That's a type of cup. The final sentence - attractive enough for what?12br
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10In AE 'mug' is used for 'face' (often not complimentary). A 'mug shot' is the photo of a person who has been arrested. 0-

Nona the brit · Answer

0Oh yes, mug-shot. 05000 I couldn't work out why a weather man was giving his audiences mugs!02br
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00Anyway, mug-shot is not really appropriate herre either. Very informal and, as Philip says, often not very pleasant.010id1

Milky · Answer

0< She loved to watch him and, very funny to me, she had a young daughter. >02br
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00"Mug" is fine there. What was funny about her having a young daughter? We need to know.02br
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00>I was watching and laughing because it 00seemed00 kind of 01font00embarrassing.02font02br
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00Probably better,00 "I was laughing while watching, because it 00seemed00 kind of 00embarrassing."02br
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00>"The woman had no shame." (Omit the reflexive.)02br
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00>I didn’t believe 01font00it when02font00 she invited him to her home and mentioned that she had a young daughter.02br
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00>It looked as if she was not attractive enough but her daughter was.02br
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00She was not attractive enough to whom?0-

Nona the brit · Answer

0Mug, even in the sense of face, is NOT ok there.0-

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