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Ericeul Posted 18 years ago
Linguistics Studies

Expression

Hi there,
I'm looking for an Englisch expression:
"After all this advice and information, you should put ... and ... together".
Where is ... standing for?
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Hi, Ericeul. Welcome to English Forums. " Is your second example supposed to be a different version of your first?

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Hi, Ericeul. Welcome to English Forums.

I'm sure someone will come up with the exact expression you have in mind, but all I can think of at the moment is "you should put one and one together."

Is your second example supposed to be a different version of your first? Can you put a dummy word in there? I can't think how it would work. I'd expect "Where is ___ standing?", or "
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An alternative (in British English): "you should (be able to) put two and two together".

MrP
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Y'know, I thought some little thing wasn't quite right. Same in AmE (you probably knew that!). We're suffering from deflation here - gas prices have halved during the past month. I'm sure Victor Borge would have approved my "deflationary language."

- A.
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MrPedanticAn alternative (in British English): "you should (be able to) put two and two together".

MrP


To my Yankee ear, two and two is the norm, not necessarily an alternative.
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