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Grammar
Gainsaid
It cannot be gainsaid /I cannot gainsay can it be used in place of I cannot deny
pls can you give me 2-3 usages of It cannot be gainsaid and I cannot gainsay
Will it be proper to write as ' I cannot gainsay/deny that your caring nature makes me feel as Iam a part of you 'and/but / at the same time/on the other hand' your hatredness hurts me.
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Please suggest..
pls can you give me 2-3 usages of It cannot be gainsaid and I cannot gainsay
Will it be proper to write as ' I cannot gainsay/deny that your caring nature makes me feel as Iam a part of you 'and/but / at the same time/on the other hand' your hatredness hurts me.
The content of matter are only examples to know more about the highlighted words used.
Please suggest..
Top answer
Gainsay = say (something) against. The word is quite formal-- much more so than 'deny'-- and is seldom met nowadays. Therefore: I cannot deny that your caring nature makes me feel I am a part of you but at the same time/on the other hand your hatefulness hurts me.
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Gainsay = say (something) against. The word is quite formal-- much more so than 'deny'-- and is seldom met nowadays. Therefore:
I cannot deny that your caring nature makes me feel I am a part of you but at the same time/on the other hand your hatefulness hurts me.
- Postmodern critics of culture gainsay the cultural stabi
I cannot deny that your caring nature makes me feel I am a part of you but at the same time/on the other hand your hatefulness hurts me.
- Postmodern critics of culture gainsay the cultural stabi
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