joham
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We have to do the civil to him.
Could I ask what the sentence above mean? 'We have to be polite, but in a formal way and not friendly to him'? This sentence is taken from Jespersen's ESSENTIALS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR', in the chapter which deals with the article 'the', without any context.
Could I ask what the sentence above mean? 'We have to be polite, but in a formal way and not friendly to him'? This sentence is taken from Jespersen's ESSENTIALS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR', in the chapter which deals with the article 'the', without any context.
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