Milva  +  384481 Tue, 26 Jun 07 04:17 PM "to be wrong" means "to be not right", but does it mean something else as well? A girl wants to kill herself, her mother says: You make me feel like a fool for being alive, child, and you are so wrong! What does it mean in this situation? The girl makes a mistake? Am I right? Milva Joined on Tue, Jun 5 2007 New Member 32 >> Impossible is nothing <<

	Milva  +  384543 Tue, 26 Jun 07 07:47 PM  Eimai_Anglos wrote: You haven't given enough context. So wrong about what? what preceded that sentence? The mother said that she would not allow her daughter to kill herself. Is it helpful? Milva

	Eimai_Anglos  +  384571 Tue, 26 Jun 07 08:47 PM No, you are asking us to guess what the mother means. Please type the preceding paragraph. What does the girl say? Eimai_Anglos Paragraphs

	Kooyeen  +  384597 Tue, 26 Jun 07 10:24 PM Hi, Milva I think that when "wrong" is referred to a person, it can only mean "not right", "mistaken"... Then "wrong" can also be used in a lot of different ways when it is used in idioms (like "What's wrong with you", etc.) Your sentence is strange, I mean, I don't understand exaclty... As you say, it seems the girl has made or is making a mistake in some way. It would make sense if it was: You think you make me feel like a fool for being alive, child, but you are so wrong! (you think you do, but you don't) or: You make me feel like a fool for being alive, child, and that's so wrong! (different meaning = not morally right) These are just my thoughts, I might well be wrong. Kooyeen Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005 Italy Senior Member 4,936 Parental Advisory / Explicit Posts Idioms

	Milva  +  384598 Tue, 26 Jun 07 10:32 PM Hi, Kooyen the sentence is just like I put it here. It's a line by Marsha Norman, who apparently does not care too much if somebody understands her words or not (it's not my first fight with her writing). Thanks anyway Milva

	Osee  +  385132 Thu, 28 Jun 07 01:05 AM To be wrong in any case means to be not right. But I guess you just do not understand the sentence "you are so wrong." In fact, this is simple. The girl wanted to kill herself, do you think this action is right? Unless you are someone hates her and want her to die. Does this make sense, Milva? BTW, this website is really great, people here are great! When we ask questions there, we should be polite; on the other hand, a lot of people asking questions here are not good in English, they maybe just do not know or do not realize the polite things or how to make things polite.  Milva wrote: No, I'm asking you if "to be wrong" can mean anything else apart from "to be not right". Osee Joined on Mon, Jan 8 2007 Canada Regular Member 922 Truths are hard to prove, rumors are easy to make.