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Can not add nine months between
"I'll bet half the first-borns of my school can't add nine months between the time their parents got married and the time they were born."
1. Is the pregnancy thought to be nine months in your culture?
2. I understand what the speaker means, but please let me know what "can not add nine months between " phrase exactly means. Does it mean you can not add 9 months to the time of marriage, if you want to know the date of birth?
1. Is the pregnancy thought to be nine months in your culture?
2. I understand what the speaker means, but please let me know what "can not add nine months between " phrase exactly means. Does it mean you can not add 9 months to the time of marriage, if you want to know the date of birth?
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" 1. [/nq] Yes, it seems that female humans are normally pregnant for approximately 9 months. [nq:1]2.
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- [/nq] Yes, it seems that female humans are normally pregnant for approximately 9 months.
- [nq:1]2.
- I understand what the speaker means, but please let me know what " can not add nine months between ...
- [/nq] I think the speaker is trying to say: "I'll bet that half the first-borns of my school were born less than 9 months after their parents got married".
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[nq:1]"I'll bet half the first-borns of my school can't add nine months between the time their parents got married and the time they were born." 1. Is the pregnancy thought to be nine months in your culture?[/nq]
Yes, it seems that female humans are normally pregnant for approximately 9 months.
[nq:1]2. I understand what the speaker means, but please let me know what " can not add nine mon
Yes, it seems that female humans are normally pregnant for approximately 9 months.
[nq:1]2. I understand what the speaker means, but please let me know what " can not add nine mon
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Masahiko quoted:
[nq:1]"I'll bet half the first-borns of my school can't add nine months between the time their parents got married and the time they were born."[/nq]
Howsoever you resolve your problems with this phrasing, bear in mind that, at least in America, firstborns don't come equipped with hyphens.
[nq:1]"I'll bet half the first-borns of my school can't add nine months between the time their parents got married and the time they were born."[/nq]
Howsoever you resolve your problems with this phrasing, bear in mind that, at least in America, firstborns don't come equipped with hyphens.
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[nq:1]"I'll bet half the first-borns of my school can't add nine months between the time their parents got married and the time they were born." 1. Is the pregnancy thought to be nine months in your culture?[/nq]
Yes. Is it not in yours? If not, I think you've found a whole new area of cultural difference.
[nq:1]2. I understand what the speaker means, but please let me know what " can not
Yes. Is it not in yours? If not, I think you've found a whole new area of cultural difference.
[nq:1]2. I understand what the speaker means, but please let me know what " can not
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When I first saw this I thought that the speaker had made multiple mistakes within one sentence, and that you should ignore this entirely. However, I see that Hanna got it right. There is only one flaw, "add"; at least I consider it a flaw and would use "fit" instead, given time to edit.
Richard Maurer To reply, remove half
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When I first saw this I thought that the speaker had made multiple mistakes within one sentence, and that you should ignore this entirely. However, I see that Hanna got it right. There is only one flaw, "add"; at least I consider it a flaw and would use "fit" instead, given time to edit.
Richard Maurer To reply, remove half
Sunnyvale, California of a homonym of a syn
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[nq:2]"I'll bet half the first-borns of my school can't add ... the pregnancy thought to be nine months in your culture?[/nq]
[nq:1]Yes, it seems that female humans are normally pregnant for approximately 9 months.[/nq]
I've heard it said that the second child takes nine months; the first can arrive at any time.
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[nq:1]Yes, it seems that female humans are normally pregnant for approximately 9 months.[/nq]
I've heard it said that the second child takes nine months; the first can arrive at any time.
Maria Conlon
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Thank you for your reply.
In japan, there is a way of expression "pregnancy is ten months and ten days" despite of the fact that it is actually shorter.
I could understand the speaker tries to mean the pre-marriage pregnancy, but what is new to me is the expression " can not add 9 months between". Is it common usage?
In japan, there is a way of expression "pregnancy is ten months and ten days" despite of the fact that it is actually shorter.
I could understand the speaker tries to mean the pre-marriage pregnancy, but what is new to me is the expression " can not add 9 months between". Is it common usage?
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[nq:2]The speaker is saying that he's guessing that half of ... before marriage, but many of those parents did so themselves.[/nq]
[nq:1]Thank you for your reply. In japan, there is a way of expression "pregnancy is ten months and ten days" despite of the fact that it is actually shorter.[/nq]
It may seem like ten months, but unless the days are shorter in Japan it isn't.
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[nq:1]Thank you for your reply. In japan, there is a way of expression "pregnancy is ten months and ten days" despite of the fact that it is actually shorter.[/nq]
It may seem like ten months, but unless the days are shorter in Japan it isn't.
[nq:1]
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In our last episode,
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the lovely and talented masahiko
broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:1]"I'll bet half the first-borns of my school can't add nine months between the time their parents got married and the time they were born." 1. Is the pregnancy thought to be nine months in your culture?[/nq]
This is a close approximation in the Western calendar. It actual
(Email Removed),
the lovely and talented masahiko
broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:1]"I'll bet half the first-borns of my school can't add nine months between the time their parents got married and the time they were born." 1. Is the pregnancy thought to be nine months in your culture?[/nq]
This is a close approximation in the Western calendar. It actual
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(snip)
[nq:2]The speaker is saying that he's guessing that half of ... before marriage, but many of those parents did so themselves.[/nq]
(snip)
[nq:1]I could understand the speaker tries to mean the pre-marriage pregnancy, but what is new to me is the expression " can not add 9 months between". Is it common usage?[/nq]
I think a more common way would be to say to "count" nine mont
[nq:2]The speaker is saying that he's guessing that half of ... before marriage, but many of those parents did so themselves.[/nq]
(snip)
[nq:1]I could understand the speaker tries to mean the pre-marriage pregnancy, but what is new to me is the expression " can not add 9 months between". Is it common usage?[/nq]
I think a more common way would be to say to "count" nine mont
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[nq:2]In japan, there is a way of expression "pregnancy is ten months and ten days" despite of the fact that it is actually shorter.[/nq]
[nq:1]It may seem like ten months, but unless the days are shorter in Japan it isn't.[/nq]
It's an expression that was produced in the times when people used the lunar calendar. But, even today, they still count pregnancy months by four weeks:
[nq:1]It may seem like ten months, but unless the days are shorter in Japan it isn't.[/nq]
It's an expression that was produced in the times when people used the lunar calendar. But, even today, they still count pregnancy months by four weeks:
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