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Latest post Fri, May 15 2009 6:32 PM by Mr Wordy. 1 replies.
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Lucus Ong  +  731245 Fri, 15 May 09 02:48 PM

Are the sentences below right?

Could anybody make a sentence with ”in for a penny, in for a pound” in the front side of a sentence.

Could anybody explain the meaning of “in for a penny, in for a pound ” for me?

Great thanks in advance.

I am a person, in for a penny, in for a pound. When I have decided to do a thing well, I will do my best until the last minutes.

 In for a penny, in for a pound. If I have decided to do a thing well, I will do my best until the last minutes .

 

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Mr Wordy  +  731540 Fri, 15 May 09 06:32 PM
"In for a penny, in for a pound" means that if you're going to do something at all then you may as well do it wholeheartedly.

 

Vctory Ong
I am a person, in for a penny, in for a pound. When I have decided to do a thing well, I will do my best until the last minutes.

 

The first sentence doesn't read very well, and "until the last minutes" is not idiomatic here. You could say:

 

I am an "in for a penny, in for a pound" kind of person. When I have decided to do a thing well, I will do my best until the last / until the end.

 

Vctory Ong
In for a penny, in for a pound. If I have decided to do a thing well, I will do my best until the last minutes .

 

This is OK except, again, for "until the last minutes".

 

Edit: Sorry, I didn't pay enough attention. In both sentences you don't really need to say "do a thing well". It's mildly contradictory, because if you do something "well" then it's kind of obvious that you see it through to the conclusion, so the "if"/"when" clauses seem redundant.

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