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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
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I can't believe he's dead
0 I still can't believe he's dead. 02 br
00 I still can't believe he's gone. 02 br
00 I still can't believe he's been dead. 02 br
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00 Are they correct and the same in meaning? 02 br
00 Thanks 02 br
00 LiJ 0-
00 I still can't believe he's gone. 02 br
00 I still can't believe he's been dead. 02 br
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00 Are they correct and the same in meaning? 02 br
00 Thanks 02 br
00 LiJ 0-
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0 Hi LiJ 02 br 00 The last one is wrong. It seems to suggest somehow that he was dead but is now alive again. 05 0 02 br 00 CB 010id 1
- 0 Hi LiJ 02 br 00 The last one is wrong.
- It seems to suggest somehow that he was dead but is now alive again.
- 05 0 02 br 00 CB 010id 1
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0 Hi LiJ 02 br
00 The last one is wrong. It seems to suggest somehow that he was dead but is now alive again. 05 0 02 br
00 CB 010id 1
00 The last one is wrong. It seems to suggest somehow that he was dead but is now alive again. 05 0 02 br
00 CB 010id 1
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0 The third is grammatically correct, but strangely abrupt without additional information. 02 br
01 i 00 I still can't believe he's been dead for ten years. 02 i 02 br
01 i 00 gone 02 i 00 can, of course, also be taken literally in the meaning 'not here', as when one goes away on a trip, for example. 02 br
00 Other than these provisos, they ar
01 i 00 I still can't believe he's been dead for ten years. 02 i 02 br
01 i 00 gone 02 i 00 can, of course, also be taken literally in the meaning 'not here', as when one goes away on a trip, for example. 02 br
00 Other than these provisos, they ar
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