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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Analyses of conversations
Sophie: Say hi to your mom for me.
Anne: Okay, I will.
Sophie: Are you going to tell her about your new boyfriend.? You know, like he's four years younger than you?
Anne: Hey, can we not go there? I don't want to think about it right now.
Sophie: All right, fine.
1. I'd like to know in "like he's four years younger than you" what role "like" plays.
2. I'd like to know why Sophie ask Anne the following even though they know the fact.
: "You know, like he's four years younger than you?
3. I'd like to know why "can we not go there?" is used, not "can't we go there?"
Thank you in advance for your help.
Anne: Okay, I will.
Sophie: Are you going to tell her about your new boyfriend.? You know, like he's four years younger than you?
Anne: Hey, can we not go there? I don't want to think about it right now.
Sophie: All right, fine.
1. I'd like to know in "like he's four years younger than you" what role "like" plays.
2. I'd like to know why Sophie ask Anne the following even though they know the fact.
: "You know, like he's four years younger than you?
3. I'd like to know why "can we not go there?" is used, not "can't we go there?"
Thank you in advance for your help.
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park sang joon 1. I'd like to know in "like he's four years younger than you" what role "like" plays. It's a meaningless filler word.
- park sang joon 1.
- I'd like to know in "like he's four years younger than you" what role "like" plays.
- It's a meaningless filler word.
- Young people's conversations are replete with "you know"s and "like"s.
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park sang joon1. I'd like to know in "like he's four years younger than you" what role "like" plays.It's a meaningless filler word. Young people's conversations are replete with "you know"s and "like"s.
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park sang joon2. I'd like to know why Sophie ask Anne the following even though they know the fact.: "You know, like he's four years younger than you?Sophie asks Anne if she will tell her mother the details about her new boyfriend.
park sang joon3. I'd like to know why "can we not go there?" is used, not "can't we go there?"
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AlpheccaStarsIt's a meaningless filler word.An example of filler is seen in “There was this girl, and she was, like, so hot”, where like makes no semantic contribution to the sentence and can be discarded. In the sentence of interest like means much the same as “namely (that)”, and can’t be deleted.
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