Make a fool OUT OF/OF himself? What's the difference between: 1) He made a fool OUT OF himself, and 2) He made a fool OF himself?

Ashraful Haque

29 mar 2020 20:03

First sentence is correct. Second sentence the first “of” is not needed

29 marzo 2020

Sentence 1 means that he turned himself into a fool. Sentence 2 means that he did something embarrassing or foolish.

30 marzo 2020

Interchangeable

29 marzo 2020

I would only use sentence 2 (but the first "of" should be "a").

29 marzo 2020

There is a typo in the second sentence.

29 marzo 2020

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Bengalese, Inglese

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Inglese

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