Timeline for Meaning of the phrase "bankrupt character"
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| May 9, 2020 at 12:44 | comment | added | user383745 | Thanks you guys for the comments, i got it ^^. | |
| May 7, 2020 at 18:07 | answer | added | Kevin | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 7, 2020 at 16:59 | comment | added | Jim | Yes, that’s essentially what it means. Why are you asking about replacement? Just because having more than one phrasing helps you understand it better or are you attempting to rewrite it in order to improve the sentence? If the latter, that would not be an improvement. If the former why not think about “They are people without any good character qualities at all. | |
| May 7, 2020 at 16:57 | comment | added | Weather Vane | By rephrasing it you open it to misinterpretation. "Bankrupt" is also a noun meaning a person without any money. So with three nouns in a row, is it "bankrupt character" people, or is it bankrupt "character people"? Although the latter doesn't make much sense, it is still a more clumsy phrase construction. | |
| May 7, 2020 at 16:47 | history | migrated | from english.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| May 7, 2020 at 16:46 | comment | added | ЯegDwight | The original phrase is fine. You don't need to replace it at all. The meaning is as you said. It does not need to be paraphrased or restructured. | |
| May 7, 2020 at 16:41 | history | asked | user383745 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |