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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Hi, on a website I have found:
"remember when you first learned to ride a bike?"
I wonder when (and whether) it can be used in place of the following sentence, which I think is more usual:
"do you remember when you first learned to ride a bike?"
thank you for any help!
"remember when you first learned to ride a bike?"
I wonder when (and whether) it can be used in place of the following sentence, which I think is more usual:
"do you remember when you first learned to ride a bike?"
thank you for any help!
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" Yes, it's just an informal and colloquial version of the longer sentence. Such shorter forms are very characteristic of informal English speech. ' Best wishes, Clive
- " Yes, it's just an informal and colloquial version of the longer sentence.
- Such shorter forms are very characteristic of informal English speech.
- ' Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,
on a website I have found:
"remember when you first learned to ride a bike?"
I wonder when (and whether) it can be used in place of the following sentence, which I think is more usual:
"do you remember when you first learned to ride a bike?"
Yes, it's just an informal and colloquial version of the longer sentence. Such
on a website I have found:
"remember when you first learned to ride a bike?"
I wonder when (and whether) it can be used in place of the following sentence, which I think is more usual:
"do you remember when you first learned to ride a bike?"
Yes, it's just an informal and colloquial version of the longer sentence. Such
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