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Reporting "dislike" from a third person



 
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Reporting "dislike" from a third person #1 (permalink) Fri Nov 03, 2006 10:57 am   Reporting "dislike" from a third person		  
Hi there;),

How could I better explain what is stated from the following sentences? no idea if they are correct!

a) "The woman is clearly against the proposal "

b) The woman completely disagrees with the proposal
c) the woman shows dislike to the proposal

any suggestion?

Many thanks!

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Comments #2 (permalink) Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:08 am   Comments		  
Hi,

You wrote:

Quote:
a) "The woman is clearly against the proposal "

b) The woman completely disagrees with the proposal
c) the woman shows dislike to the proposal

(a) suggests that she obviously opposed the proposal

(b) suggests she has a totally different view of the proposal and is not at all in agreement with it.

(c) this needs to be written as: The woman shows dislike for the proposal but this could be more simply expressed as: The woman dislikes the proposal.

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