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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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01) If I say "They told me she is coming", a native English speaker understands the same as if I say: "I was told she is coming"?02br
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002) If I say "They told me she is coming" are there more probabilities that the listener asks me "Who are they?" than if I say "I was told she is coming"?02br
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00Thank you in advance,02br
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0Hello again, Eladio-- I see you made it back safely to EF.02br
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01cite10Anonymous12cite102) If I say "They told me she is coming" are there more probabilities that the listener asks me "Who are they?" than if I say "I was told she is coming"?12br
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01cite10Mister Micawber12cite10Hello again, Eladio-- I see you made it back safely to EF.12br
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10The answer to 2 is "yes".0-
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0Yes, Milky is right.0-
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0However, the probability difference between the two would be minor if the question was 'who told you?'.0-
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10... which question was evidently stirring about in my brain when I read the original inquiry. Thanks, Dave and Milky.0-
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0Thank you Mister Micawber for your answers about my post, but unfortunately I cannot made it back to EF yet and I have to try every time as an "anonimous" user. I have tried and tried and tried and tried, and I am already exhausted. New Login?, doesn't work!; I have not received any response from EF. Could you anyhow to help me? (01i00email edited out to elude spam-- MM02i0
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0Hello Eladio02br
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00If you're already set up as "Eladio", you can't re-register as "Eladio" again, because "Eladio" already exists on the member list.02br
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00If you try to register as e.g. "Eladio2" with the same email address as your "Eladio" account, on the other hand, it will again reject you, because that email address is reserved for your "El
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0Thank you, MrP. Now I'm already re-registered, by your help.02br
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00Only now I'm "Old Eladio" and not "Eladio" anymore0-
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0Welcome back, Eladio!02br
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