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Kekel Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

I like a lot of your family?

0 It sounds so weird, is it correct??02br
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0 It's a fairly common saying in colloquial speech (at least, here in the midwestern U.S.)02br
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00You can consider it a shortened form of "I like a lot of your family (members)" if it'll make things easier for you.0-
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0 I have heard it used in spoken English. 02br
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001 "A lot of books" (a large number of books)02br
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002:"I like him a lot" (I like him a great deal)02br
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003: "A lot in an auction sale" { an item for sale in an acution)02br
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004 " There's a lot for sale down the
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0"I like a lot of your family" is probably going to be seen as a little insulting, because it implies that there are some of my family whom you do not like.02br
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00I like a lot of your family, but your brother is a pain in the neck.02br
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00But "I like your family a lot" means you like my family a great deal.0-
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0 Wow, such a little detail could make a huge misunderstanding in a conversation!!02br
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00Thanks a lot Grammar Geek!!0-
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