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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
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a close relationship

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00Susan had a close / good relationship with Mei Ling. They were good neighbours. 0-
  

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0Yes, you may say that, but with the understanding that the three types of relationships don't necessarily have anything to do with each other.0-
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0What do you mean? I don't understand. What is three types of relationships? My sentence is ok? 0-
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0Your sentence is fine. 02br
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00With your three optional endings, you essentially have three different sentences with three different meanings. I simply wanted to remind you that they don't all necessarily describe the same relationship.02br
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00Edit. Sorry, it's really 01b00two02b00 se
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10Susan had a close / good relationship with Mei Ling. They were good neighbours. 12br
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10What Vincent wants to know in the first sentence is whether he should use close or good relationship. That's the way I interpret. 0-
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00Susan had a good relationship with her neighbour, Mei Ling02br
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00Susan had a close relationship with Mei Ling. They were good neighbours.02br
00As has been said - it depends what the relationship was - good or close02br
00and WE just don't know 0-
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0My instinct is that "good neighbor" has a special, traditional meaning, apart from "good relationship," and adding the second sentence could muddy the waters if the questioner simply wants to know if "good" and "close" are both acceptable in the first sentence. I just wanted to alert him. Didn't mean to confuse the issue. Some might take it that the second sentence is supposed to have a bear
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0 I was just trying to avoid the repetition of good. If they have a good relationship and they are neighbours then it surely follows that they are good neighbours0-
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01cite10optilang12cite10 then it surely follows that they are good neighbours12blockquote
10Hi opti, That's exactly what I'm taking exception to. It's like saying that marriage is a terriffic way to spoil a beautiful friendship. (I hope I don't have to say that correctly.)02br
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00Best wishes, - A.
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0Point taken!02br
00I don't want any bad relationships with anyone 050010id1
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0Well said! What's next?02br
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00I need some rest. 0-
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