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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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Your thoughtless actions/behaviors/acts

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  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00Is it all right to replace "actions" in the above with "behaviors" or "acts" without making a change in meaning?
  • If not, why not?
  • 02br 02br 01b 00behaviours02b 00 - Yes, but remove the 's'.
  • It's uncountable.
  • It's true that the plural term 'behaviours' is used today by people like sociologists, but it sounds rather 01i 00jargon-y02i 00.
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