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Listenever Posted 10 years ago
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For those of us who don't speak good guy



At 0:18, Will Smith says, 
"For those of us who don't speak good guy, what is HVT- 1?"
 What does he mean 'who don't speak good guy'?
  

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listenever What does he mean 'who don't speak good guy'? It seems to refer to the fact that 'HVT-1' is a phrase used by the authorities, not the 'bad guys' that Will Smith evidently represents.

— Mister Micawber

  • listenever What does he mean 'who don't speak good guy'?
  • It seems to refer to the fact that 'HVT-1' is a phrase used by the authorities, not the 'bad guys' that Will Smith evidently represents.
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listenever What does he mean 'who don't speak good guy'?
It seems to refer to the fact that 'HVT-1' is a phrase used by the authorities, not the 'bad guys' that Will Smith evidently represents.
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Then is the phrase 'good guy' here an object of the verb 'speak'?

Another question.
At 0:26, Amanda says:
Complete the mission, you get time off your prison sentence.
Fail the mission, you die.
Anything happens to Colonel Flag, I'll kill every single one of you.

The third line, I think, is a conditional with 'If' not pronounced.
How about
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listeneverThe third line, I think, is a conditional with 'If' not pronounced.
Yes, right.
listeneverHow about the first and second lines?In those lines, are the first parts 'Complete the mission' and 'Fail the mission' imperative clauses?
The first could be, or it may also be a conditional. You can read it either way:
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