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Jack112 Posted 19 years ago
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0 When someone asks you a question, for example, 'How do 01 b 00 you 02 b 00 do this?', Do I reply back in second person or first person?? Since the question is asking about 'you', should 't it be in first person? 02 br
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00 Question: How do 01 b 00 you 02 b 00 do this? 02 br
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00 1. 01 b 00 You 02 b 00 must be very steady with 01 b 00 your 02 b 00 hands. 02 br
00 2. 01 b 00 I 02 b 00 must be very steady with 01 b 00 my 02 b 00 hands. 02 br
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00 For the answerers above, does it matter which one I use?? How come you can use 01 b 00 second 02 b 00 person when the question is asking about you?? 0-
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00 Question: How do 01 b 00 you 02 b 00 do this? 02 br
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00 Answers: 02 br
00 1. 01 b 00 You 02 b 00 must be very steady with 01 b 00 your 02 b 00 hands. 02 br
00 2. 01 b 00 I 02 b 00 must be very steady with 01 b 00 my 02 b 00 hands. 02 br
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00 For the answerers above, does it matter which one I use?? How come you can use 01 b 00 second 02 b 00 person when the question is asking about you?? 0-
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0 You can use both, as they have a slight difference in the meaning. 0-
- 0 You can use both, as they have a slight difference in the meaning.
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0 You can use both, as they have a slight difference in the meaning. 0-
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0 Sometimes "you" means "you," and sometimes it just means "one, someone, anybody." If the person is really asking about how 01 i 00 you 02 i 00 do something -- for instance, if you just showed them something complicated that you made yourself -- then you would answer with "I." ("How do you get the ship inside the bottle?" "Well, I assemble the entire ship outside the bottle,
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