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missdaredevil
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 Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:53 pm Post subject: 1 q |
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Here is a hypothetic situation
A: She has a scary laughter.
B:Oh, really?
A:Oh yeah, you really have to see her *in action*.
Is that used correctly?
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CP
Joined: 12 Jun 2006
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I would edit the conversation to this:
A: She has very scary laughter. ["A laughter" is not used.]
B: Oh, really?
A: Oh, yeah. You really have to see her in action.
"In action" means something like "performing the action" or "actually doing it" in this context, and it would be natural to say in such a conversation.
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