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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
FEEL/GET THE RESPECT
I heard this sentence. Does it make sense and how would you say it?
1 When I walked into your store I felt the respect that you only feel/get between/from us frenchmen. I knew you were french when I walked in.
Thank you
1 When I walked into your store I felt the respect that you only feel/get between/from us frenchmen. I knew you were french when I walked in.
Thank you
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1 When I walked into your store I felt the respect that you only feel between us Frenchmen. I knew you were French when I walked in. Get from us Frenchmen is ok too - depends what you want to mean.
- 1 When I walked into your store I felt the respect that you only feel between us Frenchmen.
- I knew you were French when I walked in.
- Get from us Frenchmen is ok too - depends what you want to mean.
- Using get implies everyone else is pretty much disrespectful.
- The first answer is more an intimate meaning suggesting that it might exist outside your nationality but yours is special.
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1 When I walked into your store I felt the respect that you only feel between us Frenchmen. I knew you were French when I walked in.
Get from us Frenchmen is ok too - depends what you want to mean. Using get implies everyone else is pretty much disrespectful. The first answer is more an intimate meaning suggesting that it might exist outside your nationality but yours is special.
So your
Get from us Frenchmen is ok too - depends what you want to mean. Using get implies everyone else is pretty much disrespectful. The first answer is more an intimate meaning suggesting that it might exist outside your nationality but yours is special.
So your
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