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>I'm finding, at least -- that people who lie and cheat and who are generally bad actors are really hard to distinguish from those people who don't act like tha
by Grishnakh 11y ago
>I'm finding, at least -- that people who lie and cheat and who are generally bad actors are really hard to distinguish from those people who don't act like that.
This is a great example of how easy it is to misinterpret stuff in English.
If someone is really good at faking good character, doesn't that make them a "good actor"? :-)
- ionforce 11y agoWe could say that the phrase "(good|bad) actor" has a high collocation, so that it has a higher likelihood of meaning something specific. Also, we could disambiguate by using alternatives like "poor actor" (bad at acting) and "bad agents" (immoral people).