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Farooq Abbasi Posted 12 years ago
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"if i didnt know any better I'd say.... "

Can you explain these kind of expressions in language?
  

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Farooq Abbasi Can you explain these kind of expressions in language? Which kind? What are the characteristics of your example that confound you?

— Mister Micawber

  • Farooq Abbasi Can you explain these kind of expressions in language?
  • Which kind?
  • What are the characteristics of your example that confound you?
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Farooq AbbasiCan you explain these kind of expressions in language?
Which kind? What are the characteristics of your example that confound you?
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For example:
"If i didn't know any better I'd say you were having a great time"
This is apparent in the context(of the on going situation) that the person is having a great time, but why say If i didn't know any better?
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Farooq AbbasiThis is apparent in the context(of the on going situation) that the person is having a great time
That is not necessarily so.
Farooq Abbasiwhy say If i didn't know any better?
It is a fixed phrase, which could hold real sincerity or merely be humorous. The speaker may or may not know something unrevealed about
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