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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:18 am Post subject: be known for |
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1.A man is known for the company he keeps.
2.A man is known by the company he keeps.
3.A man is known to the company he keeps.
4.A man is known as the company he keeps. |
I think that those four examples are correct, but someone said that #2 was correct. I wonder.
Which is correct and why?
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asterix
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| Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:30 am Post subject: |
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The usual aphorism is:-
#2. A man is known by the company he keeps. It means, you judge a man by the kind of people he hangs out with. If he associates with criminals, he is probably a criminal, for example.
#1. and #3 are also possible, but not #4. |
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