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Taka Posted 21 years ago
What kind of situation do you native speakers think it could be for this sentence?
Grammar
Come in all colors
Chicks come in all colors.
What kind of situation do you native speakers think it could be for this sentence?
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Hi Taka, 'in all colours' means in many different types 'Jack, don't worry about the chicks in your class. '
- Hi Taka, 'in all colours' means in many different types 'Jack, don't worry about the chicks in your class.
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Hi Taka,
'in all colours' means in many different types
'Jack, don't worry about the chicks in your class. I know that a few of them like you, and others LOVE you, and a couple throw bricks at you, so just remember - chicks come in all colours.'
'in all colours' means in many different types
'Jack, don't worry about the chicks in your class. I know that a few of them like you, and others LOVE you, and a couple throw bricks at you, so just remember - chicks come in all colours.'
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If I saw it in a BrE article, I'd probably think it related to some kind of Easter gift: fluffy baby chickens in a variety of coloured materials. Or perhaps baby chickens made out of sugar.
If I saw it online, I too would probably choose the 'Nevada desert' interpretation.
MrP
If I saw it online, I too would probably choose the 'Nevada desert' interpretation.
MrP
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lol, of course! How could I have missed something so obvious (baby chickens)?! Hmmm .. probably because I am male.
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Not unless something has changed drastically in the last half hour.
I don't often hear 'chick/female' over here, except in inverted commas. (Come to think of it, I don't hear 'chick/chicken' very often, either. But the shops are full of Easter stuff.)
Online is different. Even the word 'housewife' has a whole new meaning these days, to judge by the startling contents of my inb
I don't often hear 'chick/female' over here, except in inverted commas. (Come to think of it, I don't hear 'chick/chicken' very often, either. But the shops are full of Easter stuff.)
Online is different. Even the word 'housewife' has a whole new meaning these days, to judge by the startling contents of my inb
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Even the word 'housewife' has a whole new meaning these days, to judge by the startling contents of my inbox.Ah, that will be the aliens MrP
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Hello Taka
In the midst of the Nevada desert, there's a venerable US institution known as the 'Chicken Ranch'.
The 'chicks' there are very much as Mike described in his first post (or so I understand).
MrP
In the midst of the Nevada desert, there's a venerable US institution known as the 'Chicken Ranch'.
The 'chicks' there are very much as Mike described in his first post (or so I understand).
MrP
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