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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Help with a few sentences

Hello, linguistics.

But how many were you?

Turned out it was just going to be me and him.

What? Did you know that?

No.

You think he did?

Yes.

So he'd prepared all that just for you?

Yeah, apparently it was all just for me. Well, and him.

Kind if creepy, don't you think?

Is this piece of dialogue grammatical?

  

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But how many were you? ' It turned out it was just going to be me and him. Casual spoken English often omits this leading'it'.

— Clive

  • But how many were you?
  • ' It turned out it was just going to be me and him.
  • Casual spoken English often omits this leading'it'.
  • What?
  • Did you know that?
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But how many were you? OK, but more natural is 'But ho many of you were there?'

It turned out it was just going to be me and him. Casual spoken English often omits this leading'it'.

What? Did you know that?

No.

You think he did? Casual spoken English often omits this 'do'.

Yes.

So he'd prepared all that just for you?

Yeah,

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