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EyeSeeYou Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Meaning of this sentence?
I saw on a forum this exchange:
A: Your reading comprehension skills are awful.
B: I see my comprehension and raise you your grammar.
What B replied means " I'll take care of my comprehension and you take care of your grammar", right? What confused was the strange wording... It should've been "...and you raise your grammar".
A: Your reading comprehension skills are awful.
B: I see my comprehension and raise you your grammar.
What B replied means " I'll take care of my comprehension and you take care of your grammar", right? What confused was the strange wording... It should've been "...and you raise your grammar".
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Hi; What you have here is an rather lame attempt at applying poker-talk. B has bet A that his own skills in comprehension is superior to A's mastery of grammar. html
- Hi; What you have here is an rather lame attempt at applying poker-talk.
- B has bet A that his own skills in comprehension is superior to A's mastery of grammar.
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Hi;
What you have here is an rather lame attempt at applying poker-talk.
B has bet A that his own skills in comprehension is superior to A's mastery of grammar.
Look at the definition of "see" in this specialized dictionary:
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What you have here is an rather lame attempt at applying poker-talk.
B has bet A that his own skills in comprehension is superior to A's mastery of grammar.
Look at the definition of "see" in this specialized dictionary:
http://ww
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No, your interpretation isn't correct. B's strange wording is a result of trying to use a saying commonly heard in poker.
Example:
"I see your $10 and raise you $20." (I match your $10 bet and increase the current bet by $20.)
It would therefore have been more 'correct' for B to say:
"I see your grammar and raise you my reading comprehension."
I put 'correct'
Example:
"I see your $10 and raise you $20." (I match your $10 bet and increase the current bet by $20.)
It would therefore have been more 'correct' for B to say:
"I see your grammar and raise you my reading comprehension."
I put 'correct'
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