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writes:I'd like to ask, are there any differences in meaning when you say " I don't feel I have a right to give you advice" and "I feel I have no right to give you an advice"? Reply to this Question
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reader, ChristineAvril  +, writes (22 March 2010):
 The second sentence is bad English - "feel I have no right" - but otherwise no difference in perceived meaning.It's bad because you are saying that you feel something which doesn't exist, i.e. "no right". A very nice distinction, but you did ask! Oh, and I used "nice" there in its proper meaning, as my excellent English teacher taught me, not in its more usual mean ing of good.
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reader, happy24birthday  +, writes (22 March 2010):
 No difference
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reader, Manya +, writes (22 March 2010):
HI! I think they are very similar, however in the first case "I don't feel I have a right to give you advice" it's more about the way the person feels about giving you advice, and in the second,
"I feel I have no right to give you advice" it seems more absolute: For example, in the second place, say, you asked them about how to cook and they have had terrible experiences cooking, can't boil water without burning the pan, etc. so, they feel they have no right to advise you, because they cannot succeed themselves. In the first wording,
it may be something a little different, i.e. I don't feel I have a right to give you advice because I hardly know you. Does that help at all?
Good luck!
Love,
Manya
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