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08-02-2011, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Columbine View Post
'I'm not proud of yourself' though, is incorrect. I don't know what you mean. Maybe something like "I'm embarrassed by you'.
This is how I thought.
First, I wanted to say, "I disesteem you" or "I look down on you."
But I didn't know these words.
So I though of something opposite.
I thought the opposite of 'looking down on' would be 'respect'
"I respect you."
or
"I'm very proud of you." (I mistyped 'yourself' instead of 'you')

The opposite feeling of "I'm proud of you"
are described as "I'm not proud of you.".......

The true expression what I wanted to say was;
"You should be ashamed of yourself!"

Sorry for confusing you.
My translation was just like machine translation...




Quote:
Originally Posted by Columbine View Post
Try not to repeat words in the same sentence too much, especially times.
Thank you for your advice. I will, as far as possible.

..............................
a coffee of McDonald's (wrong)
a McDonald's coffee (correct)

should not (wrong)
shouldn't (correct)

It's a shame. (wrong)
It's shameful. (correct)


"From a XXXX point of view, ...." should be placed at the top of a sentence.

Last edited by Supperman : 08-02-2011 at 10:20 AM.
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