Native English speakers, could you please help me with these issues?

Question

Which is correct:

a) "Your landlady was good enough to allow you to keep a small dog, so you shouldn't ABUSE her goodwill by having a large dog in."

b) "Your landlady was good enough to allow you to keep a small dog, so you shouldn't PUSH her goodwill by having a large dog in."

? · Accepted Answer

Both are grammatically correct.

"Abuse" is a much better word choice than "push", but even "push" is tolerable (I would say: a poor choice, but not an impossible choice).

Other word choices:
- ...trample on...
- ...exhaust...
- ...strain... (which is probably what you meant by "push")

Anonymous · Answer

With both options you need to drop that last word 'in'.  It is superfluous to your needs.

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