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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2007such a great honor?
May I have such a great honor of your review on my thesis? or May I have such great honor of your review on my thesis? > May I have such a great honor of your review on my thesis? > or > May I have such great honor of your review on my thesis? Neither! Would you please do me the great honour of reviewing my thesis? If you are asking that question, reviewing the thesis will be no small task! > May I have such a great honor of your review on my thesis? > or > May I have such great honor of your review on my thesis? Neither. Would you do me the honor of reviewing my thesis? >May I have such a great honor of your review on my thesis? >or >May I have such great honor of your review on my thesis? Any version using "honor" sounds patronizing to me. There's no honor involved. Oh, there might be if you are asking some renowned figure in the field who is so famous and respected that it honors you that he is willing to glance at your work, but - in most cases - you are just asking a favor of some ordinary person. If the person is ordinary, using "honor" that way sounds almost sarcastic.  SignatureTony Cooper Orlando, FL > On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:24:47 +0800, "Wonderland" > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > asking a favor of some ordinary person. If the person is ordinary, > using "honor" that way sounds almost sarcastic. It does sound a bit smarmy but I think the OP could get away with "Would you do me the honour". It does sound very archaic, though. To be very humble what about: "Would you be so kind as to review my thesis?" John Kane, Kingston ON Canada > Tony Cooper <tony_cooper...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >May I have such a great honor of your review on my thesis? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > It does sound a bit smarmy Yes, but it's quite normal in Chinese and Japanese, which is why the question: the poster is from Hong Kong, it seems. SignatureFranke: EFL teacher & medical editor Native speaker of American English; posting from Taiwan. "It has come to my attention that my opinions are not universally shared." Scott Adams, The Dilbert Blog, 23 Jan 2007; http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/ teranews charges a one-time US$3.95 setup fee -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > May I have such a great honor of your review on my thesis? > or > May I have such great honor of your review on my thesis? I think you had better say: 'I'd be honoured if you reviewed my thesis.' 'Would you do me the honour of reviewing my thesis' might be slightly off because it suggests that you intend for the person addressed to participate in your opinion that he is doing you an honour which he needn't -- he may just be doing you a kindness -- and you ought not to expect him to. |
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