RE: A grammatical question
August 16, 2016 at 11:07 am
(This post was last modified: August 16, 2016 at 11:07 am by FatAndFaithless.)
To 'turn someone down' usually means to deny or decline a request from them, where as 'letting someone down' generally has the connotation that you mentioned, to disappoint someone.
Like if you asked me to go on a date, I say no, you could say "He turned me down." If I said yes, then failed to show up for the date, you might say "He really let me down."
Like if you asked me to go on a date, I say no, you could say "He turned me down." If I said yes, then failed to show up for the date, you might say "He really let me down."
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
