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Sunsail Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

With /by yourself

Hello,
two couple argue ,one says

be honest with yourself
be honest by yourself
be honest yourself

which one is correct?

Thanks
  

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The first one. ) But "be honest by yourself" would only work as a play on words. Two partners are arguing about paying the company taxes.

  • The first one.
  • ) But "be honest by yourself" would only work as a play on words.
  • Two partners are arguing about paying the company taxes.
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The first one.

(What does the other couple say?)

I can imagine the third one being said, if the argument was really heated: "Shut up!" (reply) "Shut up yourself!"

When Jack Kennedy hosted a White House banquet of Nobel Laureates, he said something like, "This is the greated quantity of intellect ever assembled here, except when Tom Jefferson was having dinner with hi

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