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yogi2005

#107403 Fri, 10 Jun 05 07:35 PM

hello,

Could you tell me if I use the phrase 'do justice' correctly?

My explanation doesn't do justice to what I experienced.

If the above is correct, please tell me if the below is correct and means what the above.

My explanation doesn't give the picture of what I experienced.

thank you

yogi2005

Joined on Thu, Mar 31 2005

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abbie1948

#107420 Fri, 10 Jun 05 08:10 PM

My explanation is inadequate to describe what I experienced.

abbie1948

Joined on Thu, Mar 24 2005

England

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Hope that helps. Abbie

yogi2005

#107434 Fri, 10 Jun 05 09:15 PM

thank you abbie.

Your senetnce is exactly what I meant.

However I still don't where I was wrong.
Are both my sentences wrong, or the second one (with 'give the picture') is wrong, or maybe the second one has different meaning?

Could you, please , explain it to me?

thank

yogi2005

khoff

#107540 Sat, 11 Jun 05 03:54 AM

Yogi - your first sentence sounds fine to me. The second sentence is understandable but sounds a little awkward - maybe "My explanation doesn't give a true picture of what I experienced" would sound a little better.

khoff

Joined on Sun, Mar 6 2005

Denver, Colorado, USA, Earth

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Native speaker of American English (but not a grammar expert)

yogi2005

#107609 Sat, 11 Jun 05 10:35 AM

thank you khoff
So, the words 'give' and 'picture' don't seem to be the best for the context.

yogi2005