shortcomings which I possess
English translation: Why not just: "my shortcomings"?
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| 4 +1 | my weaknesses |
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| 5 | Why not just: "my shortcomings"? |
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| 4 | my flaws |
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| 4 | the ways, significant and insignificant, in which I fail to come up to scratch |
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| 4 | poor qualities |
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peer agreement (net): +1| shortcomings which i possess my weaknesses Explanation: Dictionary.com |
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| shortcomings which i possess my flaws Explanation: Poor traits or flaws. |
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| shortcomings which i possess the ways, significant and insignificant, in which I fail to come up to scratch Explanation: come up to scratch = meet requirements |
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| shortcomings which i possess poor qualities Explanation: perhaps reflecting a softer euphemism |
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| shortcomings which i possess Why not just: "my shortcomings"? Explanation: Why not just: "my shortcomings"? "I regularly think about significant and insignificant shortcomings which I possess" can be expressed as: "I often think about my significant and insignificant shortcomings." (Here I assume that the speaker meant "often" rather than "regularly", since the latter suggests a regimen, and so probably not as appropriate for such mental processes and feelings). It follows then that a shorter version expressing the same would be something like: "I am often conscious of my significant and insignificant shortcomings." But since a shortcoming is either significant or insignificant, the above can be further reduced to: "I often think about all my shortcomings.", OR "I am often conscious of all my shortcomings." Arguably, one could say that "all" is implied. If so, we can eliminate even "all" and end with the following: "I often think about my shortcomings.", OR "I am often conscious of my shortcomings." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days1 hr (2007-05-25 15:40:32 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Arguably, when the word "conscious" is used, one can eliminate the word "often". If so, we have: "I am conscious of all my shortcomings." OR "I am conscious of my shortcomings." |
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