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Messier42 Posted 12 years ago
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How do they sound different?

Oh~ you guys had me scared for a minute.
Oh~ you guys scared me for a minute.
How do they sound different?
  

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messier42 How do they sound different? The second seems more like the guys themselves attempted to frighten the speaker; the first seems like the speaker was scared because of something the guys happened to do that had no relation to the speaker.

— Mister Micawber

  • messier42 How do they sound different?
  • The second seems more like the guys themselves attempted to frighten the speaker; the first seems like the speaker was scared because of something the guys happened to do that had no relation to the speaker.
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messier42How do they sound different?
The second seems more like the guys themselves attempted to frighten the speaker; the first seems like the speaker was scared because of something the guys happened to do that had no relation to the speaker.
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