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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

win / get / gain

Providing links to dangerous contents, hateful materials or illegal downloads makes people angry.This type of behavior won't win your friends, and you many even lose some friends in the long run.

Q) In the second sentence, are get and gain good replacement in place of "win?"
Q2) Are there other options?
  

Top answer

You may use win, gain, earn -- but you need you (not your) with it. It won't gain you any friends. [ I think win is used most often, but don't worry about it.

  • You may use win, gain, earn -- but you need you (not your) with it.
  • It won't gain you any friends.
  • [ I think win is used most often, but don't worry about it.
  • ]
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You may use win, gain, earn -- but you need you (not your) with it. It won't gain you any friends. [ I think win is used most often, but don't worry about it. ]
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Ah.. sorry, "win you friends" is the original text. "win YOUR friends" is a typo.. anyway,,, gain, earn can come... thank you^^

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