Originally Posted by Red5
It's OK in my books. Alternative usage:Sean Penn plays an ex-convict who swears to avenge his daughter's killer.
I thought he'd avenge her death.
On behalf of his daughter, he's going to inflict retribution on his daughter's killer.
:D
Psst. Everything you read in the newspaper is true, you know. :D
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- 17-Nov-2003, 12:19 #1
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Avenge I read this in my newspaper today; is it wrong?...
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- 17-Nov-2003, 12:37 #2
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Re: Avenge
- 17-Nov-2003, 23:53 #3
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Not in British newspapers. I'd onlt trust the essentials here- football scores, mostly.
- 18-Nov-2003, 00:51 #4
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He could avenge his daughter's killing perhaps, but certainly not her killer.
Perhaps:
- He swears revenge on his daughter's kller.
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