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maartijn

July 2, 2021

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Sentences 156: Pander, Count One's Blessings, Pan Out

Stop pandering the kids by allowing them to eat as much chocolate as they want. You know it's harmful for them in the long run.
"Life is unfair to me." - "Oh please, count your blessings and stop complaining".
I'm not sure whether it'll pan out eventually.

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Sentences 156: Pander, Count One's Blessings, Pan Out

Stop pandering to the kids by allowing them to eat as much chocolate as they want.

The verb "pander" is used with the preposition "to".

You know it's harmful for them in the long run.

"Life is unfair to me."

What expression you would use here depends on what meaning you're trying to convey. The sentence that comes to mind as a possible alternative is "Everyone's so unfair to me," but I don't know if that's the meaning you had in mind.

- "Oh please, count your blessings and stop complaining".

I'm not sure whether it'll pan out eventually.

It's unclear to me (based on this short sample) who is saying this and what "it" refers to in this story.

Sentences 156: Pander, Count One's Blessings, Pan Out

Stop pandmpering the kids by allowing them to eat as much chocolate as they want.

I've never heard "pandering" before, so it might not be wrong, but this way sounds more natural to me.

You know it's harmful for them in the long run.

"Life is unfair to me."

- "Oh please, count your blessings and stop complaining".

While this sentence/series of sentence is technically correct, it's not really the situation where "Count your blessings would be used". You more use it when something lucky just happened or you want something lucky to happen.

For example:

-"I just won the school lottery!'

-"You better start counting your blessings".

I'm sorry that this isn't a really good explanation of the topic, but I do hope that it helped a little.

I'm not sure whether it'll pan out eventually.

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Great Job! Just a few corrections!

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DianeE

July 3, 2021

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Stop pandmpering the kids by allowing them to eat as much chocolate as they want.

I've never heard "pandering" before, so it might not be wrong, but this way sounds more natural to me.

You choice of word is far better, and would be a much more normal usage. The verb “pander” comes from an original meaning of “to pimp,” and the noun still means a pimp. So while it could be used as written, it usually would not be.

The verb pander has negative connotations both for the giver and receiver, and it is used most often there days in a political context. An example might be: “the politician offered the bill to pander to the populist wing of the party” or “that writer’s latest books are so unoriginal. He is just pandering to popular taste.”

Sentences 156: Pander, Count One's Blessings, Pan Out

Stop pandering the kids by allowing them to eat as much chocolate as they want.

Stop pandering to the kids by allowing them to eat as much chocolate as they want.

Stop pandmpering the kids by allowing them to eat as much chocolate as they want.

You know it's harmful for them in the long run.

"Life is unfair to me."

"Life is unfair to me."

- "Oh please, count your blessings and stop complaining".

- "Oh please, count your blessings and stop complaining".

I'm not sure whether it'll pan out eventually.

I'm not sure whether it'll pan out eventually.

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