"give someone a hard time", "catch-as-catch-can", or "out of touch" expression
I made a sentence with using "give someone a hard time", "catch-as-catch-can", or "out of touch" expression.<--need to use this. but I am not sure those are correct.
1) My daughter gave me a hard time about nagging to her.
*explain: I am a mother, I often go on at my daughter to study hard. So my daughter gets angry and does same thing what I've done to her. "Mom! Clean up the house, don't watch the phone, read a book alot~~!" else.
2) I have been out of touch with a half of my friends who attended my wedding.
*explain : Many friends came to celebrate my wedding , but sadly after wedding ceremony, we(a half of my friends) didn't keep in touch ........not couldn't!
3) My husband gave me a hard time about(for?) buying groceries catch-as-catch-can.
*explain: Whenever I go to the market, I have no plan to buy something. So I put lots of things in the cart. So my husband gives a lecture such as," why did you buy these unnecessary things? ")
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1) My daughter gave me a hard time about nagging her. (no 'at')
2) I have been out of touch with half of my friends who attended my wedding. (no 'a')
I don't think you have used the phrase correctly in (3). I'm not completely sure, as it is not a common phrase, and I have never used it. But I looked it up, and it doesn't match your sentence.
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As far as #2, the natural way to say that would be
“I haven’t kept touch with half of my friends who attended my wedding”
“I am out of touch with half of my friends who attended my wedding.”
“I have been out of touch with those guys for years.”
I would advise against ever using “catch as catch can” but your example isn’t good.
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No problem. I just wanted to make sure that you knew that 'which' isn't right.
By the way, I agree with Gary about 'catch-as-catch-can'. I was aware of the expression but I wasn't sure what it meant, so I also had to look it up in the dictionary. And, like Gary, I don't think you can use it in the way that you tried to in your sentence about the groceries. I wouldn't worry about it, if I were you, as it's a pretty unusual phrase. I've never used it and I can't recall even having heard it.
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Dear. Su.
Yes, I know and I tell you the truth.
I thought I chose the best answer was Gary's.
And we(Gary and I) had already sent messages each other about what I chose!(the best answer)
Although I want to change it, I couldn't.
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NB
..half of my friends WHO attended my wedding = right
..half of my friends which attended my wedding = wrong
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