I want to say this on my blog:
"He's one of those pretty boys whom you just let him talk and talk but you're not really listening while you observe his sexy face without him knowing it."
Is the above sentence correct? The wordings sound weak I think. Please help.
2007-11-14 03:54:13 · 7 answers · asked by mbm 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Lots of ways to improve that sentence. I'd go with:
"he's one of those pretty boys you let talk and talk, but all the while you're not really listening; only staring at his pretty face".
2007-11-14 04:00:08 · answer #1 · answered by -=Seta San=- 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"He's one of those pretty boys that you just let talk and talk, even though you're really not listening, but observing his sexy face without him knowing it instead."
or
"He's one of those pretty boys that you just let talk and talk, even though you're really checking out his sexy face instead of actually listening."
Those are just a couple of possible variations. However, blogs aren't often held to strict grammatical standards, so I say just write the way you normally would ;)
2007-11-14 12:00:17 · answer #2 · answered by Julie J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not correct. First you have "whom" so you cannot have the next "him". Overall, you have too complex a structure, too many subordinate clauses stacked one inside the other.
"He's one of those pretty boys whom you just let talk and talk while you watch his sexy face without him knowing it and without really listening to what he is saying."
2007-11-14 12:02:27 · answer #3 · answered by Taivo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"He's one of those pretty boys whom you just let him talk and talk but you're not really listening while you observe his sexy face without him knowing it."
You could change it to:
"He is one of those pretty boys who you just let talk and talk but you are not really listening, you are observing his sexy face without him knowing it"
2007-11-14 11:58:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i would say:
he's one of those pretty boys who you just let him talk and talk but you're not really listening. You are just observing his sexy face without him being aware of it..
bye!!
2007-11-14 12:01:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
"He's just one of those "pretty boys" to whom, when you see him, you just let him talk and talk. In doing so you can casually observe his sexy looks without being obvious."
Hope this helps......good luck
2007-11-14 11:59:53 · answer #6 · answered by we_are_legion99 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Who cares, just post the picture!
Oh sorry, if you want to be pedantic about it, aside from the other points other people made, technically it should be "without HIS knowing it".
2007-11-14 12:09:01 · answer #7 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋