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Hasibul Alam Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
I cannot understand the sentence
“It seemed like weeks went by before you finally asked for my number”
Is that mean he asked numbers quickly or few weeks later?
Is that mean he asked numbers quickly or few weeks later?
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Hasibul Alam “It seemed like weeks went by before you finally asked for my number” In this case, "weeks" suggests a long period of time. To the speaker, it seemed a long time before the other person asked for his or her number. Whether it was literally "weeks", we don't know from this.
- Hasibul Alam “It seemed like weeks went by before you finally asked for my number” In this case, "weeks" suggests a long period of time.
- To the speaker, it seemed a long time before the other person asked for his or her number.
- Whether it was literally "weeks", we don't know from this.
- We just know that it seemed like weeks.
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Hasibul Alam“It seemed like weeks went by before you finally asked for my number”
In this case, "weeks" suggests a long period of time. To the speaker, it seemed a long time before the other person asked for his or her number. Whether it was literally "weeks", we don't know from this. We just know that it seemed like weeks.
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