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When you want to describe how someone looks like, do you sometimes use expressions without "be"?
For example, "Two girls in earlier tonight. One of them (is) the prettiest girl in the world. The other one (is) like sort of nice prostitute."
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When you want to describe how someone looks like, do you sometimes use expressions without "be"?
For example, "Two girls in earlier tonight. One of them (is) the prettiest girl in the world. The other one (is) like sort of nice prostitute."
Please give me an answer🙇♀️
For example, "Two girls in earlier tonight. One of them (is) the prettiest girl in the world. The other one (is) like sort of nice prostitute."
Please give me an answer🙇♀️
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In description of physical attributesn, you typically would not use "be".
eg:
"He stood tall at 6 foot 7. His towering demeaner is daunting ."
as opposed to something like:
"He stood tall at six foot seven. His towering demeanor be daunting".
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