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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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Is this sentence correct? Having been there twice, I know...

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01font00Having been there twice, I know everything worth knowing about London.02font0-
  

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0Grammatically okay.0-
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0 01b01font00That was a sly answer, Ruby. [Is your tongue bleeding?] 05002font02b00 010id5
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01cite10Philip12cite10 11b11font10That was a sly answer, Ruby. [Is your tongue bleeding?] 15012font12b12blockquote
10Hi Philip,02br
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01font00What do you mean by 01i00sly answer02i00?02
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11cite20Philip22cite20 21b21font20That was a sly answer, Ruby. [Is your tongue bleeding?] 25022font22b22blockquote
20Hi Philip,12br
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0Jackson,02br
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00Your question implied that if you have been to London twice, you know everything about it. Of course, that's impossible. So LRR's answer talked about the 01i00grammatical02i00 correctness of your sentence, not the 01i00logic or truth02i00 of it. Philip was just observing that she was clever in her response in
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01cite10Jackson661212cite10Is the following sentence correct? 12br
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11font10Having been there twice, I know everything worth knowing about London.12font10You cleverly ommitted the word that you use in so many of your other questions.12br
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10This time
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01cite10Jackson661212cite10Is the following sentence correct?12br
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11font10Having been there twice, I know everything worth knowing about London.12font12br
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10It's ok. Example:02br
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11cite20Jackson661222cite20Is the following sentence correct?22br
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21font20Having been there twice, I know everything worth knowing about London.22font22br
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11font10Having been there twice, I know everything worth knowing about London.12font12br
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10Suppose someone has been to London twice, first from
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0 Ah, but 'been to London' would only refer to short visits. It wouldn't be used of someone who'd lived in London. 0-

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