angry/shy

[navi tasan]

Are these sentences correct:
1-You were angry to speak to him like that.
2-It was angry of you to speak to him like that.

3-You were shy to stay in a corner and not mingle with people.
4-It was shy of you to stay in a corner and not mingle with people.

 

[RonBee]

Commentary.

1-You were angry to speak to him like that.
2-It was angry of you to speak to him like that.

That is not a normal construction. Preferable would be "It was rude of you...."

3-You were shy to stay in a corner and not mingle with people.
4-It was shy of you to stay in a corner and not mingle with people.

That is not a normal construction. Preferable would be "It was impolite of you...."

8)

 

[Tdol]

Try
3-You were shy staying in a corner and not mingling with people.

That's sounds OK to me, what about you, Ron? ;-)

 

[RonBee]

Try
3-You were shy staying in a corner and not mingling with people.

That's sounds OK to me, what about you, Ron? ;-)

Perhaps acting shy or feeling shy.

8)

 

[Lib]

Hope I'm not intruding ... but the Irish in me says that 'it was shy of you to stay in 'the' corner' sounds like something my aged aunts might say.

 

[Tdol]

You're right- it does sound right. ;-))

 

[navi tasan]

Thanks RonBee, TDOL and Lib.

 

[Tdol]

As ever, you're more than welcome. ;-)