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#2 (permalink) Tue May 23, 2006 21:09 pm 'To put it briefly' vs 'To put it brief' |
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Hi Tom
1- To put it briefly, I can't help you. would be correct. This would also be a perfect place to use "In a nutshell".
I don't like either one of your second set of sentences very much, but if I had to choose one of them, I'd choose the first.
What I'd rather say is something like: "His face is getting pimply." -- or -- "He's getting pimples on his face."
Amy _________________ "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." ~ Abraham Lincoln |
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Yankee I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#3 (permalink) Tue May 23, 2006 23:12 pm 'To put it briefly' vs 'To put it brief' |
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Hi Amy, We have the same as "in a nutshell" in Hungarian. It's kinda shocking when you try to get the meaning of a word, you take it apart, put the both halfwords in your language, put them together, and realise that you use the exact word in the same situations, in the same way. Strange a bit. Spencer |
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Spencer I'm here quite often ;-)

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