grammar - "Don't take it personally" vs. "Don't take it personal ...
2023年11月3日 · to take (something) personal: = to take (a thing) personally at personally adv. 3c. Source: Oxford English Dictionary (login required) Here are a few OED attested usages, including the earliest offered: 1829 Oh! if you'd call anybody a contemptible fool—I don't take it personal—I think I had better adjourn. —E.
Is "I personally" incorrect? - English Language & Usage Stack …
2011年2月16日 · "Personally, I" and "I, personally," are sometimes very different. Consider: "I, personally, first visited Argentina in 1992" This might look like a redundant use of the word "personally" but I believe it means the speaker is saying they they have done something that others have done too. So someone might say "I first heard that album in ...
Is the usage of 'personally' in 'I personally don't like something ...
Still, personally, I find this an interesting question, in that it made me wonder if some contexts (such as "I don't like") already emphasize a personal opinion, and therefore adding personally would give the writing an amateur ring. The dictionary doesn't address that, and I think that's the crux of the O.P.'s question.
Which is grammatically correct, "I" personally, or "me" personally?
2015年5月14日 · There are several issues with this with one being a run-on sentence. So, I've rearranged it to be grammatically correct. As you can see, "personally" can be placed in different places. I hope this helps. - Editor Su. Good luck to each of you with your endeavors. If the Association or I can assist you personally, please don't hesitate to contact ...
adjectives - Why is it "to take someone seriously" and not "to take ...
2016年1月7日 · Other verbs don't have the same idiomatic restriction. Consider. I can't consider him seriously. I can't consider him serious. The first means that you don't think he's a viable candidate for whatever position you're thinking about; the second means that you don't think he's a serious person. Or. I can't remember him angrily. I can't remember ...
word choice - "Too serious" vs "too seriously" - English Language ...
Taking yourself seriously is fairly prideful; the admonishment of "Don't take yourself too seriously" is a warning to not consider yourself more important than you really are. The usage of take in "don't take sick" is mostly unrelated. Instead of (don't take)(myself serious) think of it as (don't)(take myself)(seriously).
Looking for a formal equivalent phrase for the adverb "personally"
2013年1月19日 · I want to say: "I don't know Mr. X on a personal basis (or individual basis) and I have not had an opportunity to work with him". I want to avoid saying "I don't know Mr. X on personally". In fact, I am looking for an equivalent phrase for the adverb "personally".
Synonym for not taking personal responsibility
2016年7月23日 · Not the downvoter, but prescriptivist or not, I don't think you can change usage single-handedly. If there is any cross-over between feckless and passive-aggressive (I'm not convinced), they are certainly not synonyms. –
single word requests - Is there an expression for someone who …
2014年5月29日 · E.g., if you use an idiom (in a context) like: "To throw the baby away with the bathwater." and your conversation partner says: "Huh, seems I don't have a baby/bathwater!" Also, when you explain the meaning of the idiom, the other guy will still say: "Oh, but I really don't have a baby/bathwater!"
redundancy - "My personal opinion is..." Is it always pointless to …
2014年8月19日 · Personally, I don't care whether... Again, a person may be forced to assume a particular impersonal opinion by virtue of their occupation. A traffic officer might not personally care that somebody's driving 20 km/h above the speed limit on a highway when everybody else is 15 over, but professionally he could never say that.