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Belly Posted 18 years ago
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1) The water is freezing
1) The water is freezing
Funny, it feels warm to me
Why do we use funny here but not funnily or funnily enough?
2) Was the play good?
I thought so, but for every person who liked it, someone else didn't
Why do we use someone hear but not anyone? And what does the second sentence mean? This expression is new to me
3) I need to tell you something. Please don't make this difficult _ me
a) for
b) to
Why?
Thanks in advance
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Funny, it feels warm to me
Why do we use funny here but not funnily or funnily enough?
2) Was the play good?
I thought so, but for every person who liked it, someone else didn't
Why do we use someone hear but not anyone? And what does the second sentence mean? This expression is new to me
3) I need to tell you something. Please don't make this difficult _ me
a) for
b) to
Why?
Thanks in advance
.
Top answer
1) The water is freezing. -- Funny here is an interjection or a truncated clause ( It is funny ). This can/should be repunctuated as: Funny-- it feels warm to me or Funny; it feels warm to me 2) Was the play good?
- 1) The water is freezing.
- -- Funny here is an interjection or a truncated clause ( It is funny ).
- This can/should be repunctuated as: Funny-- it feels warm to me or Funny; it feels warm to me 2) Was the play good?
- I thought so, but for every person who liked it, someone else didn't.
- -- For each person who liked it, one other person (= someone ) didn't .
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1) The water is freezing. Funny, it feels warm to me
Why do we use funny here but not funnily or funnily enough?-- Funny here is an interjection or a truncated clause (It is funny). This can/should be repunctuated as: Funny-- it feels warm to me or Funny; it feels warm to me
2) Was the play good? I thought so, but for every person who
1) The water is freezing. Funny, it feels warm to me
Why do we use funny here but not funnily or funnily enough?-- Funny here is an interjection or a truncated clause (It is funny). This can/should be repunctuated as: Funny-- it feels warm to me or Funny; it feels warm to me
2) Was the play good? I thought so, but for every person who
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