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- 24-Sep-2011, 22:14 #1
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Do A Lot Of Bad Could I write:
"He did a lot of bad to the world"
as the opposite of:
"He did a lot of good to the world."
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- 24-Sep-2011, 22:22 #2
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Re: Do A Lot Of Bad You could, but it's not idiomatic.
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- 24-Sep-2011, 22:31 #3
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Threadstarter / Original Poster Re: Do A Lot Of Bad Both are not idiomatic British English?
- 24-Sep-2011, 22:56 #4
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Teacher Re: Do A Lot Of Bad "He did (or has done) a lot of good in the world" is more familiar to me. I guess you could substitute "bad" for "good".
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