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How is she?
How is she?
1) She's fine/well/bad etc
2) She's tall and slim, blonde with blue eyes...
Would sentence number 2 be a correct answer to the question above? Or I am obliged to use "What does she look like?", if I want to ask about the physical aspect of a person?
I've heard answer number two in an English course on TV, but it sounds a kind of Italianism to me so, please, could any native speaker help me once again?
Thanks in advance
1) She's fine/well/bad etc
2) She's tall and slim, blonde with blue eyes...
Would sentence number 2 be a correct answer to the question above? Or I am obliged to use "What does she look like?", if I want to ask about the physical aspect of a person?
I've heard answer number two in an English course on TV, but it sounds a kind of Italianism to me so, please, could any native speaker help me once again?
Thanks in advance
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[nq:1]How is she? 1) She's fine/well/bad etc 2) She's tall and slim, blonde with blue eyes... Would sentence number 2 ...
- [nq:1]How is she?
- 1) She's fine/well/bad etc 2) She's tall and slim, blonde with blue eyes...
- Would sentence number 2 ...
- sounds a kind of Italianism to me so, please, could any native speaker help me once again?
- Thanks in advance[/nq] The former in British English.
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[nq:1]How is she? 1) She's fine/well/bad etc 2) She's tall and slim, blonde with blue eyes... Would sentence number 2 ... sounds a kind of Italianism to me so, please, could any native speaker help me once again? Thanks in advance[/nq]
The former in British English.
The second answer might be used for the question, 'who is she'. 'She's the tall, slim blonde with blue eyes who works
The former in British English.
The second answer might be used for the question, 'who is she'. 'She's the tall, slim blonde with blue eyes who works
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"mUs1Ka" (Email Removed) ha scritto nel messaggio
[nq:1]The former in British English. The second answer might be used for the question, 'who is she'. 'She'sthe tall, slim blonde with blue eyes who works for Bob'. m.[/nq]
I take for granted the first one is correct, even though I guess the US version would probably be "How are you doing?"
What I want to know is if a dialogue li
[nq:1]The former in British English. The second answer might be used for the question, 'who is she'. 'She'sthe tall, slim blonde with blue eyes who works for Bob'. m.[/nq]
I take for granted the first one is correct, even though I guess the US version would probably be "How are you doing?"
What I want to know is if a dialogue li
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I think "How is she?" is just as likely in the US as "How is she doing?" If you were inquiring about a patient's condition, for example.
[nq:2]What I want to know is if a dialogue like ... eyes. is correct and idiomatic or not. Thank you again![/nq]
[nq:1]Not in Br English.[/nq]
It's not in US English, either. "What does she look like?" is definitely the question to produce B.
[nq:2]What I want to know is if a dialogue like ... eyes. is correct and idiomatic or not. Thank you again![/nq]
[nq:1]Not in Br English.[/nq]
It's not in US English, either. "What does she look like?" is definitely the question to produce B.
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[nq:2]The former in British English. The second answer might be ... slim blonde with blue eyes who works for Bob'. m.[/nq]
[nq:1]I take for granted the first one is correct, even though I guess the US version would probably be "How ... is she? B: She's tall, slim, blonde and with blue eyes. is correct and idiomatic or not. Thank you again![/nq]
It's the kind of thing that passes for
[nq:1]I take for granted the first one is correct, even though I guess the US version would probably be "How ... is she? B: She's tall, slim, blonde and with blue eyes. is correct and idiomatic or not. Thank you again![/nq]
It's the kind of thing that passes for
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[nq:1]How is she? 1) She's fine/well/bad etc 2) She's tall and slim, blonde with blue eyes... Would sentence number 2 be a correct answer to the question above?[/nq]
Noo.
[nq:1]Or I am obliged to use "What does she look like?", if I want to ask about the physical aspect of a person?[/nq]
Or: "What is she like?"
[nq:1]I've heard answer number two in an English course on TV,[/nq]
Noo.
[nq:1]Or I am obliged to use "What does she look like?", if I want to ask about the physical aspect of a person?[/nq]
Or: "What is she like?"
[nq:1]I've heard answer number two in an English course on TV,[/nq]
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[nq:1]How is she? 1) She's fine/well/bad etc 2) She's tall and slim, blonde with blue eyes... Would sentence number 2 ... TV, but it sounds a kind of Italianism to me so, please, could any native speaker help me once again?[/nq]
The only way I can get number two is in the context of a discussion between two people casting a part. "She's tall and slim just what we're looking for" or "She's blon
The only way I can get number two is in the context of a discussion between two people casting a part. "She's tall and slim just what we're looking for" or "She's blon
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"Adrian Bailey" (Email Removed) ha scritto nel messaggio
[nq:2]I've heard answer number two in an English course on TV,[/nq]
[nq:1]That seems so unlikely that I don't want to believe you.[/nq]
I swear it's true, it was a course for kids: the worst way to start, indeed..
[nq:2]I've heard answer number two in an English course on TV,[/nq]
[nq:1]That seems so unlikely that I don't want to believe you.[/nq]
I swear it's true, it was a course for kids: the worst way to start, indeed..
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