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Rommel Posted 11 years ago
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Is it really acceptable to say, 'They simply pass us by'?
I wonder why in my country people say, 'They simply pass us by' when they mean 'They merely pass along the way as if they don't notice us.'
Is it really acceptable to say, 'They simply pass us by'?
Do the Britons and the Americans speak this way?
Is it really acceptable to say, 'They simply pass us by'?
Do the Britons and the Americans speak this way?
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Rommel Is it really acceptable to say, 'They simply pass us by'? Yes, that is the natural way to say what you have constructed artificially.
- Rommel Is it really acceptable to say, 'They simply pass us by'?
- Yes, that is the natural way to say what you have constructed artificially.
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RommelIs it really acceptable to say, 'They simply pass us by'?Yes, that is the natural way to say what you have constructed artificially.
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RommelDo the Britons and the Americans speak this way?Except in newspaper headlines, we British are rarely referred to as 'Britons'. We are (the) British, British people or, informally, Brits.
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