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Vincent Teo Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
About the fart
How do I say in a dialogue if a situation as follow:
(a) If I want to teach the child and want to let him know, don't eat too much food or he will fart.
(b) Tell the kid , don't break wind especially in the lift.
(c) I want to mention, if someone breaks wind in the lift, how can I say?
(eg, It's smelly!)
(a) If I want to teach the child and want to let him know, don't eat too much food or he will fart.
(b) Tell the kid , don't break wind especially in the lift.
(c) I want to mention, if someone breaks wind in the lift, how can I say?
(eg, It's smelly!)
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" Perhaps you could suggest he try not to do anything embarrassing in the elevator if he can keep it in. (c) A polite person would not comment on this. At all.
- " Perhaps you could suggest he try not to do anything embarrassing in the elevator if he can keep it in.
- (c) A polite person would not comment on this.
- At all.
- You ignore that it happened.
- Within your own family when there is no one else listening, anything goes.
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(a) In the US, we would say something vague like "This will give you tummy trouble." An adult might say "[This food] doesn't always agree with me."
(b) It's a natural bodily function and I don't know how you can tell someone not to do it, any more than you can say "don't sneeze." Perhaps you could suggest he try not to do anything embarrassing in the elevator if he can keep it in.
(b) It's a natural bodily function and I don't know how you can tell someone not to do it, any more than you can say "don't sneeze." Perhaps you could suggest he try not to do anything embarrassing in the elevator if he can keep it in.
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I'm not quite there yet, but it is said that as a person gets older he sounds more and more like a coffee percolator. 
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Grammar GeekWithin your own family when there is no one else listening, anything goes.Explain that to Mel Gibson.
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I was referring to comments about passing gas, which, when alone with your family, tend not to be nearly as polite as ignoring that it happened.
In our family, comments might range from a mild "Oh my" to "Good *** in heaven, what crawled up there and died??" depending on where we are and who is present.
I was referring to comments about passing gas, which, when alone with your family, tend not to be nearly as polite as ignoring that it happened.
In our family, comments might range from a mild "Oh my" to "Good *** in heaven, what crawled up there and died??" depending on where we are and who is present.
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