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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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John, I don't know what takes you so much time to reply me.

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01font01b001:02b00 John, I don't know what takes you so much time to reply me.02font02br
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uk "to reply to me"02br 02br 00and draw your own conclusions. 02br 02font 0-

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  • uk "to reply to me"02br 02br 00and draw your own conclusions.
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0 More natural, to me:02br
01i01b00why you take02b00 so much time to ...02i0-
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0It definitely needs to be "so much time" (not "so much") and "reply to me" not ("reply me"). Something about the sentence still bothers me, and I think it's the combination of "what takes you so much time" with "to reply to me." "I don't know what takes you so much time when you reply to me" would be okay, but I think eithher of these would sound better: (In all these example, "so long" could
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