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| 1-You did a bad thing to talk to him. 2-You did a bad thing talking to him. 3-You did a bad thing by talking to him. 4-You made a mistake to talk to him. 5-You made a mistake talking to him. 6-You made a mistake by talking to him. |
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2. No. 3. No. Try: "Talking to him was a bad idea." Quote:
5. No. 6. No. Try: "It was a mistake to talk to him." Or: "Talking to him was a mistake." While I may have made a mistake, to disagree with me would probably be a bad idea. :) Cordially, RonBee 8) |
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| I don't know if this is a BE\AE things, but I feel differently about these sentences, although Ron's examples are more natural. Quote:
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| Sentence 6 may be good. http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/23/afghan.war.stories/ One retired Marine corporal said the United States had made a mistake by sending troops to solve what is ultimately a political problem in Afghanistan. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/news/2002/10/23/becker_trial/ MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - German prosecutors asked a court on Wednesday to jail Boris Becker for tax evasion after the former tennis great confessed he had made a mistake by failing to pay $3 million in taxes during his career. |
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