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Madhulk Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

Date ahead...

0 -Driver's license, credit cards.02br
00-It's all on Mr. Knight's orders.02br
00-01u00These are good now02u00.(01b00I guess he means the license and the credit cards because there are only two people in this dialog.02b00) You could have 01u00dated02br
00these ahead02u00 if you wanted me to stay here. 02br
00What does the underlined part mean? And why does the person uses "these" two times. Can he not use "them" instead in order to aviod repetition?0-
  

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02br 00-01u 00These are good now02u 00. -- 01i 00these documents are valid now02i 00. 02br 02br 00 You could have 01u 00dated these ahead02u 00 -- 01i 00you could have placed the earliest valid date in the futur02i 00e.

— Mister Micawber

  • 02br 00-01u 00These are good now02u 00.
  • -- 01i 00these documents are valid now02i 00.
  • 02br 02br 00 You could have 01u 00dated these ahead02u 00 -- 01i 00you could have placed the earliest valid date in the futur02i 00e.
  • Both 01i 00these02i 00 (as a pronomial) and 01i 00them02i 00 are possible here.
  • Writer's choice.
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0 .02br
00-01u00These are good now02u00. -- 01i00these documents are valid now02i00. 01i00 These02i00 is required here; 01i00them02i00 is an object pronoun.02br
02br
00 You could have 01u00dated these ahead02u00 -- 01i00you could have place
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