I am writing a paper and I used the phrase "My bad habit of doing this paid off on this day" and my teacher wrote "word choice' above "paid off" any suggestions on what else i can use?
2006-09-21 06:00:48 · 15 answers · asked by racingurl37 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
I'm not sure why your teacher wrote that, but my suggestion, if you need to change the wording would be "My bad habit of doing this came in very handy on this day." Hope this helps.
2006-09-21 06:05:43 · answer #1 · answered by irish_yankee51 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would probably use a different phrase in combination with explaining how the bad habit helped you, for example, "My bad habit helped me avoid X", or "saved me from X", or "prevented X", or "allowed me to X", or "helped me to X", etc.
2006-09-21 13:08:43 · answer #2 · answered by rainfingers 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
paid off is a positive, only good things pay off. bad things or bad habits do not. so if u are talking about your bad habit, you say ' i got rid of my bad habit on this day' or 'my bad habit got corrected' or such things. Paid off means that you got benefitted in some way because of your bad habit
2006-09-21 13:13:18 · answer #3 · answered by jammy 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
How about re-writing the entire sentence? Something like: "I ,quite unexpectedly, benefited from my bad habit of doing this." What do you think?
2006-09-21 13:10:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My bad habit acted in my favor on this day.
On this day, my bad habit turned out to be a good habit.
I learned that my bad habit was not such a bad habit, after all.
My bad habit is curiousity. Are you to tell us what yours is?
2006-09-21 13:12:53 · answer #5 · answered by GreenHornet 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try this: My bad habit of doing this resulted in whatever on this day.
2006-09-21 13:21:06 · answer #6 · answered by tamaralhill3 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
proved itself useful...sounds like you're saying the bad habit turned out to be a good thing, right?
2006-09-21 13:10:46 · answer #7 · answered by dbackbarb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My bad habit came to great use....................the quote "paid off" sounds unprofessional and slang.....Also, I am curious, is your sentence starting off with the word "My?"......The whole sentence probably could use some restructuring. Good Luck PS. Please be wary of Jammy's advice, he needs to recheck the use of the word "got"..........yikes!!!
2006-09-21 13:12:28 · answer #8 · answered by toni l 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
was very useful or helpful. Or came in handy
2006-09-21 13:02:23 · answer #9 · answered by stocketrader24 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"came into fruition"
"yielded positive results"
"worked to my advantage"
2006-09-21 13:08:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋