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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Analyses of a sentence
Jim: She's damn sexy.
Neil: How sexy are we talking about here?
Jim: She's a real foxy lady!
I'd like to know if the object of "about" is implied her and here means "now."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Neil: How sexy are we talking about here?
Jim: She's a real foxy lady!
I'd like to know if the object of "about" is implied her and here means "now."
Thank you in advance for your help.
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Dear Park The object is the answer to the "how" question, and so is not stated in the question. "Here" means "in this case" (informal usage). Kind regards, Michael
- Dear Park The object is the answer to the "how" question, and so is not stated in the question.
- "Here" means "in this case" (informal usage).
- Kind regards, Michael
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Dear Park
The object is the answer to the "how" question, and so is not stated in the question.
"Here" means "in this case" (informal usage).
Kind regards, Michael
The object is the answer to the "how" question, and so is not stated in the question.
"Here" means "in this case" (informal usage).
Kind regards, Michael
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Thank you, Michael, for your very helpful answer.
This quesiton is not related to your post, rather than my orginal question
This quesiton is not related to your post, rather than my orginal question
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Dear Park
The usage of pronouns is not affected by "so" or other words. Essentially, pronouns frequently replace nouns, but should not be used if it is not clear which noun they replace. In my
preceding clause, there were three nouns and so I did not want to risk ambiguity with a pronoun. Sometimes, I don't use pronouns, even when they were justified, when I know that some readers
The usage of pronouns is not affected by "so" or other words. Essentially, pronouns frequently replace nouns, but should not be used if it is not clear which noun they replace. In my
preceding clause, there were three nouns and so I did not want to risk ambiguity with a pronoun. Sometimes, I don't use pronouns, even when they were justified, when I know that some readers
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