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Please don't get offended or offence or offend

English translation: offended

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:don't get offended or offence or offend
Selected answer:offended
Entered by: Kim Metzger

02:01 Jul 1, 2004
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: Please don't get offended or offence or offend
Which grammatically is recommended?

tq
baby
offended
Explanation:
You need the past participle here. Please don't get offended. But please don't offend someone.
Selected response from:

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 20:01
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +19offended
Kim Metzger
4 +15Please don't be offended
Nanny Wintjens
5 +1Please don't get offended
airmailrpl
5please don't get offended/please don't take offence
Paul Dixon
2 +1no offence is intended
Jonathan MacKerron


  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +19
please don't get offended or offence or offend
offended


Explanation:
You need the past participle here. Please don't get offended. But please don't offend someone.

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 20:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 80

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nanny Wintjens
2 mins
agree  abborre
5 mins
agree  Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
8 mins
agree  Eva Karpouzi
22 mins
agree  Jack Doughty: or please don't take offence. But here, it has to be "offended".
29 mins
  -> I didn't think of that one.
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
1 hr
agree  humbird: You also can say "No offense" to same effect.
2 hrs
agree  RHELLER
2 hrs
agree  A_G_A
3 hrs
agree  Hacene
4 hrs
agree  Yoana Yotova: 'get + past participle' to express passive meanings - someone else had offended the subject
5 hrs
agree  Rahi Moosavi
5 hrs
agree  David Moore (X): Both of these work
5 hrs
agree  Aleksandra Gjoreska
5 hrs
agree  Judith Platter
6 hrs
agree  sassa
10 hrs
agree  Elena Petelos
11 hrs
agree  mrrobkoc
12 hrs
agree  Jamie Richards
23 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +15
please don't get offended or offence or offend
Please don't be offended


Explanation:
X


Nanny Wintjens
Spain
Local time: 03:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: French

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger: That would work too.
2 mins
  -> Thanks Kim
agree  Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
7 mins
  -> Thanks Saleh
agree  Eva Karpouzi
20 mins
  -> Thanks Eva
agree  A_G_A
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Aga
agree  AngieD
4 hrs
  -> Thanks Angie
agree  Julia Gal
5 hrs
  -> Thanks Julia
agree  Rahi Moosavi
5 hrs
  -> Thanks Rahi
agree  David Moore (X): This one too
5 hrs
  -> Thanks David
agree  cmwilliams (X)
6 hrs
  -> Thanks Cmwilliams
agree  sassa
10 hrs
  -> Thanks Sassa
agree  Armorel Young: sounds better to me
10 hrs
  -> Thanks Armorel
agree  sylvie malich (X)
11 hrs
  -> Thanks Sylvie
agree  Elena Petelos
11 hrs
  -> Thanks Elena
agree  mrrobkoc
12 hrs
  -> Thanks Beeboy
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
4 days
  -> Thanks Marju
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
please don't get offended or offence or offend
Please don't get offended


Explanation:
Please don't get offended
or take no offence
or I don't intend to offend

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 23:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 88

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  sylvie malich (X)
7 hrs
  -> thank you
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
please don't get offended or offence or offend
no offence is intended


Explanation:
is another way to go...

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 37

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  sylvie malich (X)
6 hrs
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
please don't get offended or offence or offend
please don't get offended/please don't take offence


Explanation:
There are two possibilities here, either one would fit fine.

Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 23:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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