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sb70012

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Hi,

Suppose that I joke with my friend but he gets angry easily and then I say to him:

1. You don't have capacity for a joking.
2. You don't have capacity for joking.
3. You don't have capacity to joking.
4. You don't have capacity for a joking.

What's your opinion about my above examples? Do they work? How would you say if you were me?

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Hi,

Suppose that I joke with my friend but he gets angry easily and then I say to him:

1. You don't have capacity for a joking.
2. You don't have capacity for joking.
3. You don't have capacity to joking.
4. You don't have capacity for a joking.

What's your opinion about my above examples? Do they work? How would you say if you were me?

Thank you

"You have no sense of humour."
 

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not a teacher

Another possibility is, "You can't take a joke".
 

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None of your examples is correct.
"You don't have a capacity for joking" is the closest correct example to what you've written.
Note though that there is a difference between being able to make a joke and being able to take one. Your sentences don't make a distinction.
 

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Thank you my friends.
In Persian language we sometimes say: "You don't have properties for joking."
Do you have any sentence in English similar to this one?
 

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Thank you my friends.
In Persian language we sometimes say: "You don't have properties for joking."
Do you have any sentence in English similar to this one?
No.
 
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