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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

May I say...

Hello.
May I say 'What is in a stream, not in the sea//What is in a home not in a city?
  

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These would need to be used in a very specific context in order to make sense, for example: We live in a rural area in the US and have a backyard well and an outhouse, and cows, hogs, and chickens. This is what is in a home not in a city. After being shipwrecked for two days on the island, we finally found hidden away in the hills what we were desperately searching for, what is in a stream not in the sea, fresh water.

  • These would need to be used in a very specific context in order to make sense, for example: We live in a rural area in the US and have a backyard well and an outhouse, and cows, hogs, and chickens.
  • This is what is in a home not in a city.
  • After being shipwrecked for two days on the island, we finally found hidden away in the hills what we were desperately searching for, what is in a stream not in the sea, fresh water.
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These would need to be used in a very specific context in order to make sense, for example:

We live in a rural area in the US and have a backyard well and an outhouse, and cows, hogs, and chickens. This is what is in a home not in a city.

After being shipwrecked for two days on the island, we finally found hidden away in the hills what we were desperately searching for, what is
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Hi Soheil,

Are you perhaps trying to write in the form of a riddle?

Clive
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CliveHi Soheil,Are you perhaps trying to write in the form of a riddle?Clive
pardon?
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These are supposedely the translations of two verses of a poem, which I seperated by '/' andam trying to see if it can be translated thus
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Hi,

riddle
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/riddle

I just wondered why you had written your post in such an odd way.
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It just seperates the two part of a verse
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Hi,

These are supposedely the translations of two verses of a poem, which I seperated by '/' andam trying to see if it can be translated thus

I wish you had told us that in your first post.

Yes, that's fine. I'd add a bit more punctuation.
'What is in a stream, not
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Thanks.
What about
'I promise that no english language graduate will talk like me'?
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Hi,

You can say that, but in writing you need to add a capital letter.

Can you think of context in which it would make sense to say that?

Clive
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I was thinking of having gone to a learning institute where they demand that you should have a BS in english language and wondered if I may tell them that.

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