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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
A dangling participle/ abbreviation
Brenda: He went, "See you around."
Kathy: Loosely translated, "I won't see you again." Huh?
I'd like to know whether "Loosely translated" is a dangling participle phrase or it just is the abbreviation of "It's loosely translated into."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Kathy: Loosely translated, "I won't see you again." Huh?
I'd like to know whether "Loosely translated" is a dangling participle phrase or it just is the abbreviation of "It's loosely translated into."
Thank you in advance for your help.
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It is an idiomatic expression. ' "
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It is an idiomatic expression.
It means: "Even though he said, ' I'll see you,' what he really meant was 'I won't see you.' 'Right?' "
It means: "Even though he said, ' I'll see you,' what he really meant was 'I won't see you.' 'Right?' "
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