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Ryotaro Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

I wish I had a dollar for every time someone called me greedy.

This is from a caricature in a news paper.

A guy in the office of wall street mumured "I wish I had a dollar for every time someone called me greedy. ...Make that 100 dollars."

Why not "call" but "called"?

"Make that 100 dollars" means that (I'm gonna) make that 100 dollars?

Thanks,

Ryo
  

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Make that 100 dollars. Many people call ed him greedy in the past and this is the reason why the verb is in the past tense. " part followed by the "make that 100 dolars" just intensifies the impression among ordinary people that the guys on Wall Street are super greedy.

— Ivanhr

  • Make that 100 dollars.
  • Many people call ed him greedy in the past and this is the reason why the verb is in the past tense.
  • " part followed by the "make that 100 dolars" just intensifies the impression among ordinary people that the guys on Wall Street are super greedy.
  • One dollar is never enough so why not just multiply it by 100.
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I wish I had a dollar for every time (when) someone called me greedy...Make that 100 dollars.

Many people called him greedy in the past and this is the reason why the verb is in the past tense.

The "wish I had a dollar.." part followed by the "make that 100 dolars" just intensifies the impression among ordinary people that the guys on Wall Street are super greedy.
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