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Taka Posted 20 years ago
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I find that

0 01font01i00I've been through some really bad things. But when I think back about what I have been through, 01font01u00I find that02u02font00 the worst thing was saying good-bye to the members of our group.02br
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02i00Is it possible for the sentence to have the same sense of 'me-finding' even when that 'I find that' part is ommitted , like:02br
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02font01font01i00But when I think back about what I have been through, the worst thing was saying good-bye to the members of our group.02br
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0is there anybody could tell me that? 02br
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00Dear Taka,02br
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00It is my opinion that the meaning is the same. There is perhaps more subjectivity however in the version of the sentence with «I find that». 02br
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00Goldmund02br
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0Hi,02br
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00Yes, it adds 'me-finding'. It suggests that there was a touch of discovery and surprise in the 'finding'.02br
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00Consider a simpler example.02br
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01font00I'm sorry,01i00 I find02i00 that I can't come for dinner tomorrow.02font02br
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0 Clive,02br
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00 My question is, if you heard:02br
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01font01i00When I think back about what I have been through, the worst thing was saying good-bye to the members of our group.02br
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02i00even 01i00without02i00 the ' I find that' part, would you comprehend the
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1font00Hi Taka,02font02br
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00if you heard:02br
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01font01i00When I think back about what I have been through, the worst thing was saying good-bye to the members of our group.02br
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02i00even 01i00without02i00 the ' I find that'
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01cite10Clive12cite11font10Without it, the statement that 11font10the worst thing was . . .12font12font11font10 seems a bit more factual. 12font12br
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0Hi,02br
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00Yes, but it doesn't stress the 'finding'.02br
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00Clive0-
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0 OK. So it's a matter of stress. I understand.02br
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00 Thank you, Clive---and goldmund!0-
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