Suppose a girl did something wrong that showed us her real face. Now if I want to say that I don't like her behavior, how do I say?
- I don't like her this behavior
- I don't like this behavior of her.
In the first sentence, I feel that "this" and "her" next to each other sound unnatural (two modifiers) while sentence no. 2 is verbose and does not sound very natural to me.
By "this", I mean the current behavior, the one she is acting at this time.
Is there any other way to say that?
Best Answer
You should omit 'this' in the first sentence
but that would be about her behavior in general.
(note the extra 's' at the end – it's a double genitive) may feel verbose, but it's very natural and refers to more specific behavior, so it may be closest to what you want to express. Otherwise, you can also go for
though 'current' usually refers to something that's going on right now; perhaps 'recent' works better in your context.