[Grammar] hurt or harm

Ashiuhto · Jul 10, 2012

Are the following sentences acceptable?

1. Her personality is kind-hearted, emotional, and happy to give pitiful people a hand.
2. She never hurts/harms the other people, and she doesn’t like to dispute with other people.
3. Also, she is sensitive and easy to be harmed.

Barb_D · Jul 10, 2012

Ashiuhto said:
Are the following sentences acceptable?

1. Her personality is kind-hearted, emotional, and happy to give pitiful people a hand. Notparallel. Her personality is not "happy to give" though you could say "She is kind-hearted, emotional, and generous." Don't say "pitiful people."
2. She never hurts/harms [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] other people, and she doesn’t like to argue with [STRIKE]other[/STRIKE] people.
3. Also, she is sensitive and easily hurt. [STRIKE]easy to be harmed[/STRIKE].

She would never intentionally hurt anyone and doesn't like to argue.

alenjones23 · Jul 10, 2012

1. Her personality is kind-hearted, emotional, and happy to give needy people a hand.
2. She never hurts other people, and she doesn’t like to dispute with others too.
3. She is also sensitive and easy to be harmed. (If this is not related to above sentences)

Barb_D · Jul 10, 2012

alenjones23 said:
1. Her personality is kind-hearted, emotional, and happy to give needy people a hand.
2. She never hurts other people, and she doesn’t like to dispute with others too.
3. She is also sensitive and easy to be harmed. (If this is not related to above sentences)

1 - No, a personality is not "happy to give."
2 - With two negatives, you need "either" not "too." There are many ways to rewrite that one.
3 - "easy to be harmed" is not natural.

Rover_KE · Jul 10, 2012

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