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Ruttonjee Posted 19 years ago
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00 I have a question about the following dialogues. The following dialogues are the end of a conversation between Todd and Phil. I don't understand Todd used simple past when he said 'it 01 u 00 was 02 u 00 nice to meet you.' instead of 'it is nice to meet you.' 02 br
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01 b 00 Todd: 02 b 00 How much longer do you think you're going to stay? 02 br
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01 b 00 Phil: 02 b 00 My contract is for another six months here, so I will stay that long and then maybe longer, I'm not sure. 02 br
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01 b 00 Todd: 02 b 00 OK, well, anyway it 01 u 00 was 02 u 00 nice to meet you. 02 br
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01 b 00 Phil: 02 b 00 Oh, yeah, nice to meet you, too. 0-
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00 I have a question about the following dialogues. The following dialogues are the end of a conversation between Todd and Phil. I don't understand Todd used simple past when he said 'it 01 u 00 was 02 u 00 nice to meet you.' instead of 'it is nice to meet you.' 02 br
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01 b 00 Todd: 02 b 00 How much longer do you think you're going to stay? 02 br
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01 b 00 Phil: 02 b 00 My contract is for another six months here, so I will stay that long and then maybe longer, I'm not sure. 02 br
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01 b 00 Todd: 02 b 00 OK, well, anyway it 01 u 00 was 02 u 00 nice to meet you. 02 br
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01 b 00 Phil: 02 b 00 Oh, yeah, nice to meet you, too. 0-
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0 You can say 'it is nice to meet you' at the start of the conversation. 02 br
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00 By the time you've finished the conversation the moment of 'meeting' is in the past, so you say 'it was nice to meet you.' 0-
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00 By the time you've finished the conversation the moment of 'meeting' is in the past, so you say 'it was nice to meet you.' 0-
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0 What Nona says normally holds true for this case, but if Todd had heard about Phil before, or they had only communicated on the phone or by e-mail, for example, Todd could say "it is nice to meet you at last". 0-
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0 But Nona is still correct in that at the end of the conversation, the moment of "meeting" is over. You still would use the "It 01 b 00 is 02 b 00 nice to meet you at last" when they 01 i 00 first 02 i 00 started talking, not as they get ready to part. 0-
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0 <But Nona is still correct in that at the end of the conversation, the moment of "meeting" is over. You still would use the "It 01 b 00 is 02 b 00 nice to meet you at last" when they 01 i 00 first 02 i 00 started talking, not as they get ready to part.> 02 br
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00 Not necessarily. If they expect to see each other over the next weeks, "
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00 Not necessarily. If they expect to see each other over the next weeks, "
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0 To avoid this problem, the alternative is "It's been nice meeting you". This will cover all time segments, 0-
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0 Hi, 02 br
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00 The phrase '. . . nice to 01 i 00 meet 02 i 00 you . . . ' is normally only used when we meet someone for the first time. The next time, you say 'Hello, it's nice to 01 i 00 see 02 i 00 you' and later, 'Bye-bye, it was nice to 01 i 00 see 02 i 00 you'. 02 br
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00 Best wishes, Clive 0-
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00 The phrase '. . . nice to 01 i 00 meet 02 i 00 you . . . ' is normally only used when we meet someone for the first time. The next time, you say 'Hello, it's nice to 01 i 00 see 02 i 00 you' and later, 'Bye-bye, it was nice to 01 i 00 see 02 i 00 you'. 02 br
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00 Best wishes, Clive 0-
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