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Sesquipedalian101 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

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Is the use of the word "first" in the following sentence grammatical?

1. Tiffany: Is this the shop where we bought the brolly yesterday?
Samuel: Hmmmm.... maybe, it is. Tell you what, I'll go to the toilet first.

2. Nathaniel: How is it that you weren't able to fill in the form earlier?
Jeri Lee: Let me go in and see your mother first!
  

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1. All of these sentences are grammatically correct; however, second sentence spoken by Samuel is extremely rude. If you say something like this, the person won't be waiting for you when you get back from the toilet.

— Anonymous

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  • All of these sentences are grammatically correct; however, second sentence spoken by Samuel is extremely rude.
  • If you say something like this, the person won't be waiting for you when you get back from the toilet.
  • Also, the word "brolly" is very unusual.
  • I've never heard it before and don't know what it is.
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1. All of these sentences are grammatically correct; however, second sentence spoken by Samuel is extremely rude. If you say something like this, the person won't be waiting for you when you get back from the toilet. Also, the word "brolly" is very unusual. I've never heard it before and don't know what it is.

2. Again, all of these sentences are grammatically correct, but the se
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Anonymous is wrong. There's nothing remotely rude about either of the replies.

However, both rejoinders are non sequiturs (they've got nothing to do with the previous remarks).

The meaning of brolly can be found in any dictionary.

Rover
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Brolly appears to be UK slang. Americans never ever use it.
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Thank you very much, Anonymous, Rover-Ke and Clive.
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