Do both of these sentences exist? Can I say I'm being exaggerated, or should I say I'm exaggerated? (I want to express that I'm overdoing something.)
Is either one wrong, or are they both correct?
Learn English – “You’re exaggerated” and “you’re being exaggerated”
verb usage
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There is always a difference between put on/take off and wear. In "It’s too sunny; I need to (put on / wear) my sunglasses", the practical result may be the same, but put on refers to a brief action and wear to a continuing state. A further difference is that both verbs can be used before the sunglasses are put on, but only wear can be used after they have been put on.
Note that you can put on sunglasses, put sunglasses on and put them on; take off sunglasses, take sunglasses off or take them off.
You cannot put on them or take off them.
In my opinion, the author's wording is a little awkward, but understandable after a moment.
face
noun
5 : surface: a (1) : a front, upper, or outer surface (2) : the front of something having two or four sides (3) : facade
tr. v.
4. b : to have the front oriented toward <a house facing the park>
intr. v.
1 : to have the face or front turned in a specified direction
2 : to turn the face in a specified direction
The verb face can be used with things that don't actually have a (human) face. The thing needs to be or have a "front" part.
So when two people stand so that their chests and shoulders face each other, the chest and shoulders are more or less parallel to one another. They look like this.
Their entire bodies are toward each other and in front of each.
Here is a different example.
Notice that their faces are facing one another, but their bodies are not. They are not positioned like the two women above. B's body is partly facing A's body, but their chests are not facing one another.
judging by wherever they are facing their chest and shoulders.
If B wanted to follow the author's advice, then B would use A's chest and shoulders to determine where he (B) should move/stand so that his body is in front of A and so that their chests are parallel. Then they would be facing each other like the women above.
Best Answer
Both are odd.
We might say that a person is exaggerating something when they speak.
It was the description of the car that Fred was exaggerating, not himself.
You could also say of a drawing that it has (for example) an exaggerated nose.
The thing that is exaggerated is a description or a representation of a real object. What is odd is to say that a real object is exaggerated. In particular, it is odd to say "I'm exaggerated".
If you want to say that you are overdoing something then say "I'm overdoing something." or say "I'm doing somthing too much/too often." Exaggerate is the wrong word in this context.