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JCDenton Posted 18 years ago
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0 Hi my EF friends, 02 br
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00 Please, just one little question. Two persons are speaking with each other. 02 br
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00 Person A: Why didn't you tell me this? 02 br
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00 Person B: 01 b 01 u 01 font 00 Because...it's not like you wanted to talk about it anyway. 02 font 02 u 02 b 02 br
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00 It sounds like an easy conversation, but I'm a little confused about the answer of the person B. Did the person say: "Because, you wouldn't be into speak about it anyway?" 02 br
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00 thx in advance 02 br
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00 Please, just one little question. Two persons are speaking with each other. 02 br
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00 Person A: Why didn't you tell me this? 02 br
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00 Person B: 01 b 01 u 01 font 00 Because...it's not like you wanted to talk about it anyway. 02 font 02 u 02 b 02 br
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00 It sounds like an easy conversation, but I'm a little confused about the answer of the person B. Did the person say: "Because, you wouldn't be into speak about it anyway?" 02 br
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00 thx in advance 02 br
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0 Hello JC, 02 br
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00 In B's response, "like" = "as if", i.e. 02 br
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00 1. (I didn't tell you this) because it's not as if you wanted to talk about it anyway. 02 br
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00 "It's not as if you wanted to do X" is an emphatic way of saying "It's not the case that you wanted to do X", with an implication that if "you" 01 i 00 had 02
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00 In B's response, "like" = "as if", i.e. 02 br
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00 1. (I didn't tell you this) because it's not as if you wanted to talk about it anyway. 02 br
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00 "It's not as if you wanted to do X" is an emphatic way of saying "It's not the case that you wanted to do X", with an implication that if "you" 01 i 00 had 02
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1 b 01 u 01 font 00 Because...it's not like you wanted to talk about it anyway. 02 font 02 u 02 b 02 br
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01 b 01 u 01 font 00 The situation is that I did not feel that you
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01 b 01 u 01 font 00 The situation is that I did not feel that you
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0 Thanks SusanKay! 02 br
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00 What confused me was the part with " 01 b 01 u 01 font 00 it's not like you wanted..... 02 font 02 u 02 b 00 " 02 br
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00 It didn't sound me natural. I didn't know that "like" in that sentence can be substituted for "as if"...wow. 02 br
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00 thanks
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00 What confused me was the part with " 01 b 01 u 01 font 00 it's not like you wanted..... 02 font 02 u 02 b 00 " 02 br
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00 It didn't sound me natural. I didn't know that "like" in that sentence can be substituted for "as if"...wow. 02 br
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0 Americans, like, put that word in, like, everything they say! 05 0 010id 3
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0 Well, like, even when we're, like, not using "like" as a verbal tic, we still use it differently. 02 br
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00 "It looks like rain" is VERY normal thing to say. 02 br
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00 "You look like you could use a drink." 02 br
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00 How can you be upset we're running late for the party?! It's not like you wanted to go in the first place! 0-
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00 "It looks like rain" is VERY normal thing to say. 02 br
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00 "You look like you could use a drink." 02 br
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00 How can you be upset we're running late for the party?! It's not like you wanted to go in the first place! 0-
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01 cite 10 Grammar Geek 12 cite 12 br10 Yes, I agree. Very normal thing...Very known to me. 01 blockquote
10 ..."It looks like rain" is VERY normal thing to say. 12 br
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01 cite 10 Grammar Geek 12 cite 10 "You look like you could use a drink.".... 12 br
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