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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Please give me your opinion on this phrase.

0My friend was given the task of writing a card to a teacher to thank them for the hard work they've done.02br
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00She wrote this single phrase in the card:02br
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00'Unfortunately your help and our sucess are mutually exclusive.'02br
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00I cannot help but think this attempt at humour was a) poorly worded and b) as a result of it's poor choice of words, insulting to the teacher. Sure this implies that her help immediately rules out any chance of sucess? Perhaps if my friend had said that our maths class and sucess were mutually exclusive, implying we're the useless ones rather than our teacher's teaching, then it would have made sense.02br
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00Your views?02br
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00I really don't want our teacher to be unintentionally insulted.0-
  

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02br 02br 00 Indeed. Very sarcastic and rude. 0-

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0>Sure this implies that her help immediately rules out any chance of 01font00sucess02font00?02br
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00 Indeed. Very sarcastic and rude. 0-
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0 Oh dear!! If I was a teacher who received this message, I would be truly offended and upset.02br
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00So much better to say "01font01b00Your help led to our success02b02font00"0-
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0 No, no, no! That won't do at all.02br
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01cite10Feebs1112cite10So much better to say "11font11b10Your help led to our success12b12font10"12br
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10Hmm, shouldn't it be 01b01i00Your help 01i00has02i00 led to our success02i02b
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0 Can be - doesn't have to be.0-
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