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Usenet Posted 22 years ago
English in UK
A little help
Hello all
As you were so helpful a few months ago, I wonder if you could help again.
Following is an exchange between two people:
[nq:2]remarkable and true.[/nq]
[nq:1]True my ass. "Although not peacefully" for me means always "war".[/nq]
A third person chipped in that the last sentence (""although not peacefully" for me... ") was completely wrong in English: the construct was wrong and there should be an "it" after "for me".
I replied that although it could have been put better so it'd roll off the tongue more easily, there shouldn't be an "it" anywhere as the subject of the sentence is the phrase "although not peacefully" itself.
For that I was accused of being off my head on Guinness, which I wouldn't mind but I don't even like Guinness!
Anyway, as none of us is an English native speaker, could someone here settle the dispute and confirm that the sentence is grammatically correct, although stilted, or that it is completely wrong?
Thank you.
E
As you were so helpful a few months ago, I wonder if you could help again.
Following is an exchange between two people:
[nq:2]remarkable and true.[/nq]
[nq:1]True my ass. "Although not peacefully" for me means always "war".[/nq]
A third person chipped in that the last sentence (""although not peacefully" for me... ") was completely wrong in English: the construct was wrong and there should be an "it" after "for me".
I replied that although it could have been put better so it'd roll off the tongue more easily, there shouldn't be an "it" anywhere as the subject of the sentence is the phrase "although not peacefully" itself.
For that I was accused of being off my head on Guinness, which I wouldn't mind but I don't even like Guinness!
Anyway, as none of us is an English native speaker, could someone here settle the dispute and confirm that the sentence is grammatically correct, although stilted, or that it is completely wrong?
Thank you.
E
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Elisabetta typed thus: [nq:1]Hello all As you were so helpful a few months ago, I wonder if you could help again. Following is an exchange between two people:[/nq] [nq:2]True my ***. [/nq] [nq:1]A third person chipped in that the last sentence (""although not peacefully" for me...
- Elisabetta typed thus: [nq:1]Hello all As you were so helpful a few months ago, I wonder if you could help again.
- Following is an exchange between two people:[/nq] [nq:2]True my ***.
- [/nq] [nq:1]A third person chipped in that the last sentence (""although not peacefully" for me...
- ") was completely wrong in English: ...
- [/nq] The only thing actually wrong with your final sentence is the word order: "Although not peacefully" for me always means "war".
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Elisabetta typed thus:
[nq:1]Hello all As you were so helpful a few months ago, I wonder if you could help again. Following is an exchange between two people:[/nq]
[nq:2]True my ***. "Although not peacefully" for me means always "war".[/nq]
[nq:1]A third person chipped in that the last sentence (""although not peacefully" for me... ") was completely wrong in English: ... here settle th
[nq:1]Hello all As you were so helpful a few months ago, I wonder if you could help again. Following is an exchange between two people:[/nq]
[nq:2]True my ***. "Although not peacefully" for me means always "war".[/nq]
[nq:1]A third person chipped in that the last sentence (""although not peacefully" for me... ") was completely wrong in English: ... here settle th
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[nq:1]Elisabetta typed thus:[/nq]
[nq:2]Hello all As you were so helpful a few months ... grammatically correct, although stilted, or that it is completely wrong?[/nq]
[nq:1]The only thing actually wrong with your final sentence is the word order: "Although not peacefully" for me always means "war". although it would be more idiomatic to say: "Although not peacefully" always means "war" to
[nq:2]Hello all As you were so helpful a few months ... grammatically correct, although stilted, or that it is completely wrong?[/nq]
[nq:1]The only thing actually wrong with your final sentence is the word order: "Although not peacefully" for me always means "war". although it would be more idiomatic to say: "Although not peacefully" always means "war" to
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[nq:2]"Although not peacefully" for me always means "war". although it would be more idiomatic to say: "Although not peacefully" always means "war" to me.[/nq]
[nq:1]And "***" in the first sentence should be "***" (although how youpunctuate it is anyone's guess). Unless you are speaking American, of course. The Americans don't know their *** from a donkey :-)[/nq]
Thank you David and John
[nq:1]And "***" in the first sentence should be "***" (although how youpunctuate it is anyone's guess). Unless you are speaking American, of course. The Americans don't know their *** from a donkey :-)[/nq]
Thank you David and John
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