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 #2 (permalink) Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:44 am "do one's duty on smb" or "do one's duty to smb"? |
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Hi,
I would suggest 'by' in the sense of 'as far as my students are concerned'.
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| #3 (permalink) Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:52 am "do one's duty on smb" or "do one's duty to smb"? |
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| ooh, you mean that it should be "I have always done my duty by my students". What should I choose now :((?. |
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:21 am "do one's duty on smb" or "do one's duty to smb"? |
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Well, don't choose on-- it has a scatological meaning!
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| #5 (permalink) Mon Jan 28, 2008 14:12 pm "do one's duty on smb" or "do one's duty to smb"? |
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| Mister Micawber wrote: |
| Well, don't choose on-- it has a scatological meaning! |
:lol: Exactly!
Linh Bui Hoang, using 'on' would make the meaning of 'duty' similar to the euphemistic meaning of 'business' as in definition 11 here:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/business
"11. excrement: used as a euphemism."
Alan's suggestion to use 'by' was a good one. Use 'by' -- and ask your teacher to read this thread. ;)
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| #6 (permalink) Mon Jan 28, 2008 15:49 pm "do one's duty on smb" or "do one's duty to smb"? |
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| Ok, I got it. "by" is correct. Thank you all very much indeed!!!! :D |
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| Quoting from 2-author work; Subject-verb | Expression: "You can do the booking on telephone." |
