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Shelby Killuminati Posted 12 years ago
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Does this sound okay ?
On some other forums there's a discussion going on whether one should have a girlfriend or not so, one of my friend says
'no i don't but i'm almost getting her '
I replied to him
'you're forever alone too.. cauz whoever thinks he's at the almost-getting-her point eventually loses'
any mistakes in that ? is it understandable ?
'no i don't but i'm almost getting her '
I replied to him
'you're forever alone too.. cauz whoever thinks he's at the almost-getting-her point eventually loses'
any mistakes in that ? is it understandable ?
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"You're forever alone" is a strong statement that to me doesn't seem quite justified by the context -- unless I am missing something. Otherwise it is understandable and largely OK. In a very casual and quick text-chat situation it is inevitable, I suppose, that some people will not bother to capitalise properly.
- "You're forever alone" is a strong statement that to me doesn't seem quite justified by the context -- unless I am missing something.
- Otherwise it is understandable and largely OK.
- In a very casual and quick text-chat situation it is inevitable, I suppose, that some people will not bother to capitalise properly.
- However, be aware that writing in a stream of uncapitalised letters looks lazy and uneducated in most contexts.
- Failing to capitalise "I" looks especially childish and uneducated to me personally.
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"You're forever alone" is a strong statement that to me doesn't seem quite justified by the context -- unless I am missing something. Otherwise it is understandable and largely OK.
In a very casual and quick text-chat situation it is inevitable, I suppose, that some people will not bother to capitalise properly. However, be aware that writing in a stream of uncapitalised letters looks laz
In a very casual and quick text-chat situation it is inevitable, I suppose, that some people will not bother to capitalise properly. However, be aware that writing in a stream of uncapitalised letters looks laz
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Hey, I know you are helping us to improve, I know you mean no offence to us. So I am just a little bit confuse on this 'the almost-getting-her point eventually loses'. Can you explain the usage of 'the' here and the way I have said it, is it actually a proper way to say like that ?
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Yes, that phrasing is correct.
"whoever thinks he's at the almost-getting-her point" is a noun phrase, and is the subject of the verb "loses". It means "the person who thinks that he is at the point of almost getting her".
The article "the" belongs with the noun "point". "almost-getting-her" modifies "point", describing what sort of point (in time) is meant.
"whoever thinks he's at the almost-getting-her point" is a noun phrase, and is the subject of the verb "loses". It means "the person who thinks that he is at the point of almost getting her".
The article "the" belongs with the noun "point". "almost-getting-her" modifies "point", describing what sort of point (in time) is meant.
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