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Which is correct?
Which is correct :
a) Jane looked at us with a rueful smile and left the room.
b) Jane looked at us with a decent smile and left the room
2019年9月10日 19:21
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A is correct. “A rueful smile”, meaning a smile that shows sorrow, pity, shame, or embarrassment, is a set phrase in English. “A decent smile” is not only not a set phrase, it is unclear what it could mean. A smile that isn’t sexually suggestive? Why not say “a demure smile”? A smile that is as enthusiastic as necessary? Why not say “a convincing/winning smile”?
2019年9月10日
Jane looked at us with a decent smile and left the room
Thanks Gary, "rueful smile" is better. But a decent smile is not forbidden to say as well.
2019年9月10日
Neither is strictly incorrect, but Irene has explained well how b is ambiguous and confusing, so therefore not a useful thing to say.
2019年9月11日
a is correct
2019年9月10日
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