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Stevenukd Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

GIRLFRIEND-TO-BE

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001.– This is my wife-to-be / husband-to-be / boyfriend-to-be / girlfriend-to-be.02br
00-Is this natural?02br
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002.When your friend has finished something successfully, and you give him or her a compliment by saying the sentences below, right? Or are there any other ways to say?02br
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003.-The refusing my love of her really hurts me so much.02br
00-The refusing my love of her is really so painful to me.02br
00-The refusing my love of her is a big pain to me.02br
00-Are these natural?02br
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004. Although we can’t be lovers, but we’ll still be good friends.02br
005. I hope someday she’ll be touched by my love and accepts my true love.02br
00-Are 4 & 5 natural to say?02br
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00Thanks a lot to Teachers,02br
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0This is just my opinion, but you know I'm not a native:02br 02br 001. 02br 02br 002. Sounds OK, especially 1.

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  • 0This is just my opinion, but you know I'm not a native:02br 02br 001.
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  • Sounds OK, especially 1.
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  • I'd say "her refusing my love hurts me so much", but then it's a bit wordy, it wouldn't come naturally to my lips.
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0This is just my opinion, but you know I'm not a native:02br
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001. "boyfriend & girlfriend-to-be" sound a little presumptuous, because how can you 01b00know02b00 beforehand that the person will become your girl-/boyfreind?02br
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002. Sounds OK, especially 1. & 2.02br
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003. I'd say "her refusing my love
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0This is my response to your inquiry.02br
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001. Could be natural if you use in the context where the job or position you are referring to is one that is attained by a more or less verifiable process, e.g., bride-to-be or mother-to-be.02br
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002. The 1st two ones are good. I would just say "Well done." without a hyphen.02br
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0 1. For wife-to-be/husband-to-be we typically use "fiance(e)." The version with a single "e" is for a male and the version with two is for a female. Note that there's an accent over the first "e" which I can't post because the forum doesn't allow the use of copy/paste (English keyboards don't have letters with accents).02br
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01cite10Thethenothere12312cite10Note that there's an accent over the first "e" which I can't post because the forum doesn't allow the use of copy/paste (English keyboards don't have letters with accents).12br
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10You should be able to copy and paste accented characters, TTT.02br
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0 Yes, I'm aware of the character map. I can't paste into the text box using right click, but I feel stupid because I just realized that the keyboard shortcut still works (Ctrl+V). Doh.0-
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0Sorry, I didn't mean to suggest you mightn't be aware of the character map!0-
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