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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Teachers,
In conversational English, is it okay to write like this: He is a rich man. Meaning, he can do anything for you. (instead of writing '... which means he can ...). I thought it'd sound natural.
Thanks,
In conversational English, is it okay to write like this: He is a rich man. Meaning, he can do anything for you. (instead of writing '... which means he can ...). I thought it'd sound natural.
Thanks,
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He is a rich man purely means that he has money, nothing else. He is a very useful man to know suggests that he can assist you in many ways.
- He is a rich man purely means that he has money, nothing else.
- He is a very useful man to know suggests that he can assist you in many ways.
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He is a rich man purely means that he has money, nothing else.
He is a very useful man to know suggests that he can assist you in many ways.
He is a very useful man to know suggests that he can assist you in many ways.
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Thanks, DP, I see that. But is the method okay ... breaking it up into two sentences as I've done?
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I thought the second sentence was an explanation of what you wanted to say. They are fine grammatically, however culturally they don't express your meaning.
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