would you please correct my sentences.
please tell me if is that ok to say" Do not talk behind of me".
I know the right one is "Do not talk behind of my back"
please tell me the first one is right too?
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You would say, "Don't talk behind my back." The first sentence, "Do not talk behind me" doesn't work as this is an idiom and has more meaning then the individual words would imply. "Don't talk behind my back" is not literally saying people are behind you talking, but rather that people are saying unkind things to people around you but avoiding saying them to you personally. While the words overall mean the same things, a native speaker would be confused by, "Do not talk behind me". Hope this helps!
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The correct sentence is: "Do not talk behind myself" or "Do no talk behind my back". But never BEHIND OF. I hope that helps you. Rdgs
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Please tell me if it is okay to say this. Don’t talk about me behind my back.
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You would say, "Don't talk behind my back." The first sentence, "Do not talk behind me" doesn't work as this is an idiom and has more meaning then the individual words would imply. "Don't talk behind my back" is not literally saying people are behind you talking, but rather that people are saying unkind things to people around you but avoiding saying them to you personally. While the words overall mean the same things, a native speaker would be confused by, "Do not talk behind me". Hope this helps!
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"Behind my back" is an idiom. If you said "behind me," people would take it literally. Don't say "of" in either sentence.
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