Kako se not in the wrongrazlikuje od not wrong?
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Rebecca
Besedi Not in the wrongin not wrongsta sinonimni, zato ju je v večini primerov mogoče uporabljati kot sopomenki. Vendar pa ima not in the wrongodtenek, da niso odgovorni za napako ali da je niso storili. To je izraz, ki se uporablja za označevanje normalne osebe. Primer: I'm not in the wrong this time. It was your fault. (To ni vaša krivda, to je vaša krivda.) Primer: You were in the wrong this time, so you should apologize to her. (To je vaša krivda, zato se opravičite.) Po drugi strani pa se not wronglahko uporablja v primerih, ko ima zgoraj navedene pomene in kaže, da je nekaj narobe ali neprimerno. Primer: This method is not wrong, but it is not efficient. (Ni narobe, preprosto ni učinkovito.) Primer: You're not wrong. I think this method could work. (Ne motite se, mislim, da bo to delovalo.)