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Alc24 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
IS vs ARE
Which would you say? and is the accustomed part correct?
What I'm talking are/is really big apartments, not the kind you're accustomed to.
Thank you
What I'm talking are/is really big apartments, not the kind you're accustomed to.
Thank you
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e. without the word "about") would normally be considered a very informal usage. r=66 That said, I do use "talk" that way in casual conversation, but I wouldn't start off the sentence with "what" if I wanted to use "talk" that way.
- e.
- without the word "about") would normally be considered a very informal usage.
- r=66 That said, I do use "talk" that way in casual conversation, but I wouldn't start off the sentence with "what" if I wanted to use "talk" that way.
- I'd simply say this: - I'm talking really big apartments, not the kind you're accustomed to.
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First of all, the way you've used the verb "talk" (i.e. without the word "about") would normally be considered a very informal usage.
Definition 14 here: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/TAlk?r=66
That said, I do use
Definition 14 here: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/TAlk?r=66
That said, I do use
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