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Expression Hi, wveryone Could you help me with a few questions? 1) Would you say "I don't want to go to your house tomorrow, nor your friend's" or "I don't want to go to your house tomorrow, or your friend's"? 2) Can you say "This puppy is getting really mischievous/sassy. He got cardboard all over the house".. Does it sound odd? What would you say? 3) Would it sound odd to say to your friend that just started dating a girl: "She will really have you whipped/on a leash" "You will be really whipped"? In a joking manner. 4) Let us say someone has to sign up for a course and he is putting this off over and over again. Could you say something like: "The deadline to sign up for the course is the day after tomorrow. You are being really foolish. You should sign up already." Does it sound odd to say "You are being really foolish"? What about "You should sign up already"? Thank you very, very much

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#1) I don't want to go to EITHER your house OR your friend's. You can also say I want to go to NEITHER your house NOR your friend's. The second way is more formal. #2) Mischievous is fine. Sassy... Hmmm... Probably not. Sassy is a verbal thing. Your kids are sassy to you when they talk to you disrespectfully. #3) You can say "She's gonna have you on a leash now!" or "Now you're whipped!" #4) Totally fine the way you said things.
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1) In negative sentences we use nor. 2) Mischievous is a great word for a puppy. 3) This is fine. 4) 'You should sign up already,' is very American and very informal... better to say 'You should sign up right now,' or 'You should have signed up already.'
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1. 'Nor' is kind of a formal word, and not used very often in that type of situation. That being said, I completely understood what you said and it's not incorrect. If I was saying it, I would say 'I don't want to go to your house tomorrow, and I don't want to go to your friends, either.' 2. Mischevious is good. You might also say the puppy is bad, or that the puppy is naughty. Sassy has more to do with attitude, or backtalking. I'm guessing the puppy isn't doing that. 3. Yes, I hear people say things like this all the time. It's a common joke. Slightly offensive to the woman, however. 4. This is perfect the way you wrote it. The only thing that might be different, if you were speaking rather than writing, would be that you would probably leave the last 'you shoul' out. 'You are being really foolish; sign up already!'
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You can also say I want to go to NEITHER your house NOR your friend's. This is more formal.

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