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Wed 28 Jun, 2006 02:45 am
"He is that delicate-like--He gave his mother a new coat last Christmas--but he wouldn't think of giving me anything so personal-like."
What's the use of "delicate-like","personal-like"?
Re: What's the use of "delicate-like","person
The sentence you quoted is not an example of good English. "Delicate-like" and "personal-like" are not useful expressions. Often in English the world "-like" is added to a noun in order to turn it into an adjective: "a rock-like substance" is a substance that feels like a rock. But it is bad practice to add "-like" to a word that's already an adjective. There's no reason to say "delicate-like" or "personal-like" when you can simply say "delicate" and "personal."