Timeline for Is "has made it his business to" polite or impolite?
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| Mar 27, 2014 at 17:39 | comment | added | michelle | Agree with J.R. - it can be downright complimentary in U.S. English, at least. It implies that the person cares enough and has the tenacity to get a job done. Perhaps this is a regional/cultural difference, though, and a good reminder to be careful with phrases like this when writing for a cross-cultural audience. | |
| Mar 27, 2014 at 17:22 | comment | added | J.R. | "Impolite without doubt?" Are you sure about that? What about these bloggers' comments: Mother Teresa lived in India .. she made it her business to take care of as many of [the sick] as she could. Or: Connie Rice, the civil rights advocate and agitator who has made it her business to balance the scales of justice in Los Angeles. Or: Miss Kate Marsden made it her business to investigate the condition of lepers in Jerusalem, Constantinople, and Siberia. In some contexts, I'd regard the phrase as highly complimentary. | |
| Mar 27, 2014 at 16:45 | history | edited | Effector Dhanushanth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 27, 2014 at 16:03 | comment | added | Arash Mousavi | I edited my question, please consider source article. | |
| Mar 27, 2014 at 15:53 | history | answered | Effector Dhanushanth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |