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Vocab Question?
In the sentence:
Mr. Gordon considered the rowdy behavior of his students to be contemptible.
Does this make sense?
I realize that contemptible means: Deserving to be regarded awith a feeling of dislike and disrespect.
It just seems like this sentence could go either way...
Thanks in advance
2 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
The sentence could be written in other ways such as:
Mr Gordon considered contemptible the rowdy behaviour of his students.
Mr Gordon considered the rowdy behaviour of his students to be worthy of contempt.
Mr Gordon considered the rowdy behaviour of his students to be nothing short of contemptible.
They all have differing degrees of emphasis on Mr Gordon's feelings of contempt.
