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Madhulk Posted 18 years ago
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Known people...

0 -Did somebody close to you died?02br
00-No, I've known 01u00people to die02u00, 02br
00yeah, but no one close or anything.02br
00Does the underlined mean "people who died"? 02br
00And if it does is it grammatical true?0-
  

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0 The first line isn't grammatical either:02br 00Did somebody close to you die? " It's very odd phrasing. The person is sounding detached - those people happened to die.

— BarbaraPA

  • 0 The first line isn't grammatical either:02br 00Did somebody close to you die?
  • " It's very odd phrasing.
  • The person is sounding detached - those people happened to die.
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0 The first line isn't grammatical either:02br
00Did somebody close to you die? OR Has someone/somebody close to you died?02br
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00I guess it means "people who died." It's very odd phrasing. The person is sounding detached - those people happened to die. 0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10The first line isn't grammatical either:12br
10Did somebody close to you die? OR Has someone/somebody close to you died?12br
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10I guess it means "people who died." It's very odd phrasing. The person is sounding detached - they people happened to die.12blockquote
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0 I didn't see that episode, so I don't have the full context. 0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00I've known 01u00people to die02u00, 02font02br
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01b00To know someone to do something 02b00means "To have personal knowledge of situations in which people have done something'.02br
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00eg 'I've known people to jump 2.5 meters' soun
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