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Peaceblinkfriend Posted 19 years ago
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Does Jenny's response sound like she is being a 'smarter'? What does it sou

0 Considering the following conversation 01font00(Or should I say dialogue?)02br
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00(Kent and Jenny are close friends)02br
00Kent: (Giving back the essay to Jenny) That wasn't a nice essay. 02br
00Jenny: I knew it wasn't a nice essay. 02br
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00Does Jenny's response sound like she is being a 'smarter'? What does it sound like? Thank you.02br
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00Best wishes,02br
00Ernest02font00 0-
  

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0 Jenny 01b 00knew02b 00 it was't a good essay, but she was01b 00 too lazy02b 00 to put in the work necessary to improve it. So she went ahead and submitted it to Kent anyway. 0-

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  • 0 Jenny 01b 00knew02b 00 it was't a good essay, but she was01b 00 too lazy02b 00 to put in the work necessary to improve it.
  • So she went ahead and submitted it to Kent anyway.
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0 Jenny 01b00knew02b00 it was't a good essay, but she was01b00 too lazy02b00 to put in the work necessary to improve it. So she went ahead and submitted it to Kent anyway. 0-
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10Does Jenny's response sound like she is being a '11b10smarter12b10'? What does it sound like? Thank you.12font12blockquote
10Do you mean "a 01b00smart alec02b00"?02br
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0 I don't know - "good" and "nice" are very different things. Perhaps Jenny turned in a very well-written, witty essay but it was unkind. 0-
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0I don't understand 'smarter' either - perhaps you have misheard smart-ars e?02br
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00There's no way of telling her intention or the meaning of 'nice' here without context (and probably hearing the way they are saying it).0-
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