GoodTaste
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As I read "...coughing in the faces of two female customers of the restaurant and saying he hoped they get COVID-19", I thought, "Some people in the United States, exactly like those in China, have lost the bottom line of morality. Such behavior is evil."
The linguistic question here is whether "lost the bottom line of morality" is proper and natural in English. Google does show "the bottom line of morality" is in active use. But I am not sure when collocated with "lost".
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PLYMOUTH, Mass. – Police have arrested a 59-year-old man on threatening and assault charges after a disturbance over wearing face masks at a Massachusetts restaurant.
Edward McGuire turned himself in to police Tuesday, the day after the incident.
McGuire is accused of coughing in the faces of two female customers of the restaurant and saying he hoped they get COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. He also is accused of driving dangerously in the restaurant parking lot, threatening the safety of people dining outdoors.
Source: USAToday July 4, 2020
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...achusetts-man-who-coughed-2-women/5378312002/
The linguistic question here is whether "lost the bottom line of morality" is proper and natural in English. Google does show "the bottom line of morality" is in active use. But I am not sure when collocated with "lost".
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PLYMOUTH, Mass. – Police have arrested a 59-year-old man on threatening and assault charges after a disturbance over wearing face masks at a Massachusetts restaurant.
Edward McGuire turned himself in to police Tuesday, the day after the incident.
McGuire is accused of coughing in the faces of two female customers of the restaurant and saying he hoped they get COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. He also is accused of driving dangerously in the restaurant parking lot, threatening the safety of people dining outdoors.
Source: USAToday July 4, 2020
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...achusetts-man-who-coughed-2-women/5378312002/