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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

A sentence

You never left them off long enough for me to get them.

What does it mean?
  

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Anonymous You never left them off long enough for me to get them . What is the referent for "them"? Without that, we can't help much.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous You never left them off long enough for me to get them .
  • What is the referent for "them"?
  • Without that, we can't help much.
  • CJ
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AnonymousYou never left them off long enough for me to get them.
What is the referent for "them"? Without that, we can't help much.

CJ
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AnonymousButtons
So it's

You never left the buttons off long enough for me to get the buttons.

No, that doesn't mean anything to me except that I didn't have enough time to [get / pick up / take] the buttons because of something you did with the buttons.

Sorry. It doesn't seem to make sense.
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