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Seeker08 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

A whole another story

"It's a whole different story" what does this sentence indicate?

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I haven't heard that exact combination. That's an entirely different story. More colloquially: That's a whole 'nother story.

  • I haven't heard that exact combination.
  • That's an entirely different story.
  • More colloquially: That's a whole 'nother story.
  • It means that it would take a while to tell you about something -- how or why something happened.
  • Let's say I've been telling you interesting stories about the town I live in, and then I mention that I grew up on the other side of the country.
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I haven't heard that exact combination.

That's an entirely different story.
More colloquially: That's a whole 'nother story.

It means that it would take a while to tell you about something -- how or why something happened.

Let's say I've been telling you interesting stories about the town I live in, and then I mention that I grew up on the other side of the countr

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