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2016年9月1日
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- 英語 (美國)
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They are both completely valid, however mean totally different things. The word curse, used transitively, is something done by witches and wizards: "I stole the witch's potions so she cursed me with a spell."
The second one means to curse at someone. Intransitively, curse means to say a bad word, which is what is gapping in the second one. "I stepped on the gangster's shoe, so he cursed me out."
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- 英語 (美國)
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- 英語 (美國)
自然
They are both completely valid, however mean totally different things. The word curse, used transitively, is something done by witches and wizards: "I stole the witch's potions so she cursed me with a spell."
The second one means to curse at someone. Intransitively, curse means to say a bad word, which is what is gapping in the second one. "I stepped on the gangster's shoe, so he cursed me out."
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- 葡萄牙語 (巴西)
@creaston That's exatcly what I wanted to know, so curse someone out is like offending someone?
Which one should I say: Stop cursing me out or Stop cursing at me
?
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Which one should I say: Stop cursing me out or Stop cursing at me
?
Thanks for helping me.
- 英語 (美國)
自然
Well, you can offend someone without cursing them out, and you can curse someone out, but they won't always get offended. In order for something to be characterized as cursing, it must be considered a curse word, also called a swear word or a bad word. A list of some of these can be found here: http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2013/...
Not everyone will always agree as to whether or not a given word is a swear word. For example some people might say that "crap" is a swear word, I would not. To quote the Simple English Wikipedia article about Profanity: "Different words can be profanity to different people, and what words are thought of as profanity in English can change over time."
As for your second question, "stop cursing at me" is what I would say. But obviously as "to curse out" is also valid English, there are people who would prefer that as well.
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@creaston So if someone call me an asshole and I get offended it means that he or she cursed me out or he or she cursed at me?
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- 英語 (美國)
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The phrases "to curse someone out" and "to curse at someone" are completely equivalent.
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