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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
joking/kidding
What's more common to say?
Are you joking? or Are you kidding?
Are you joking? or Are you kidding?
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Hi, What's more common to say? Are you joking? or Are you kidding?
- Hi, What's more common to say?
- Are you joking?
- or Are you kidding?
- A google search gives the following.
- Are you joking 193,000 hits Are you kidding 5,830,000 hits However, note that the word 'kidding' is a bit more informal, which is probably one of the reasons that it shows up so much on an informal place like the internet.
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Hi,
What's more common to say?
Are you joking? or Are you kidding?
A google search gives the following.
Are you joking 193,000 hits
Are you kidding 5,830,000 hits
However, note that the word 'kidding' is a bit more informal, which is probably one of the reasons t
What's more common to say?
Are you joking? or Are you kidding?
A google search gives the following.
Are you joking 193,000 hits
Are you kidding 5,830,000 hits
However, note that the word 'kidding' is a bit more informal, which is probably one of the reasons t
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My guess would have been kidding, too, even before seeing the Google results.
CJ
CJ
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Hi,
It's always seemed somewhat of an Americanism to me, although I'm sure that by now it is well established in Britain.
Clive
It's always seemed somewhat of an Americanism to me, although I'm sure that by now it is well established in Britain.
Clive
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