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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

it will just go to waste

0If you don't eat this last piece of chicken, it will just go to waste.02br
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0yes and no02br 02br 00The meaning might be the same, but the association, style, intention... 02br 02br 00 02br 02br 00For example:02br 02br 02br 001. 02br 02br 002.

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  • 0yes and no02br 02br 00The meaning might be the same, but the association, style, intention...
  • 02br 02br 00 02br 02br 00For example:02br 02br 02br 001.
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  • Other sentence "we'll just waste it" is too complex construction, futur + passiv + 'just', for something that is in essence an order or pledge "eat that [****] chicken", which is underlined.
  • "we'll just waste it" suggest that 01i 00we02i 00 are deciding about the food, but actually we do not, in truth this is what we are sorry about: it is that we can't do anything else but to throw the rest of the food away.
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0yes and no02br
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00"Waste" has a larger scope of meaning than "throwing away" which is meant in all three sentences.02br
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00In careless speech yes, they will pass
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