She was meaner than Scrooge and didn’t enjoy the money she had during her life.

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Mona Ibrahim

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She was meaner than Scrooge and didn’t enjoy the money she had during her life.
 

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And what kind of "feedback" would you expect?
 

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Be aware, Mona, that your sentence works only in BrE. In AmE mean is a synonym for cruel, often in a petty way.
 

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There are no grammatical errors. Note that I have added the missing question mark to your last post.
 

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I have changed your thread title. For titles, use the words you are asking us about. Your question or request should appear only in the main body of your post. I have changed at least one more of your titles for the same reason.
 

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She was meaner than Scrooge and didn’t enjoy the money she had during her life.
Not a native. Here is how I would write it...

She was even more tight-fisted than Scrooge McDuck, so she didn't enjoy the money she made in her life.
 

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Why on earth would you change "Scrooge" (literary character in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens) to "Scrooge McDuck" (a childish cartoon character)?

Don't say "Not a native". You need "... native [English] speaker".
 

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Why on earth would you change "Scrooge" (literary character in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens) to "Scrooge McDuck" (a childish cartoon character)?

Don't say "Not a native". You need "... native [English] speaker".
I thought that was the Scrooge she meant. In any case, he has to replace it either with Ebenizer Scrooge or with Scrooge McDuck, otherwise it sounds vague -- he might as well be talking about a random person he knows and whose name happens to be Scrooge.
 
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I can assure you that within the majority of the English-speaking world, there is no need to add "Ebenezer" (note the correct spelling). We all know who Scrooge is.
 
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