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Christine Christie Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Getting to us
Conside the following sentence:
"The jungle gets to us."
Is this standard English? And what does it mean?
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Christine Christie Is this standard English? Maybe. What do you think it means?
- Christine Christie Is this standard English?
- Maybe.
- What do you think it means?
- Christine Christie And what does it mean?
- You tell me.
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Christine ChristieIs this standard English?
Maybe. What do you think it means?
Christine ChristieAnd what does it mean?
You tell me. On first reading that, I took it to mean that you can only tolerate the jungle for so long, and then it starts to adversely affect you. That is if "gets to us" is the idiomatic expres
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Christine ChristieIs this standard English? And what does it mean?
It would help if you give the context.
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