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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Not in something such as this
The following conversations are from my another thread having asked about the usage of 'all snowed'
Thank you in advance for your help.
EverydayEnglish: Not sure what you mean by 'enclosing comma'.
Me: I meant such a thing like the following by 'enclosing comma'.
The next day we were ,all snowed, in.
EverydayEnglish: That is called 'quotation marks'.
I'd like to ask you what meaning 'Not in something such as this' has and whether 'it is' is omitted before 'Not'.
fivejedjon: Not in something such as this: We stayed there, snowed in, until the snowploughs reached us. This is what I think psj had in mind.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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As I understand it, he shortened his response to EverydayEnglish. "
- As I understand it, he shortened his response to EverydayEnglish.
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As I understand it, he shortened his response to EverydayEnglish.
EverydayEnglish said:
"That is called 'quotation marks'."
fivejedjon responded:
"Not in something such as this."
I think fivejedjon meant:
"That is not called 'quotation marks' in something such as this."
EverydayEnglish said:
"That is called 'quotation marks'."
fivejedjon responded:
"Not in something such as this."
I think fivejedjon meant:
"That is not called 'quotation marks' in something such as this."
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Thank you, EngJack, for your concrete answer. 
I'd like to know whether such shortening fivejedjon have used is quite the thing
I'd like to know whether such shortening fivejedjon have used is quite the thing
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You're welcome!
It's common in spoken English, but it is not grammatically correct. Sometimes a simple "it is" is left out of the answer. Sometimes the a person will repeat part of a question or statement with a word or phrase changed. Sometimes a person interjects or implies interjecting words or a phrase into the question to change the meaning.
Examples:
Person 1: "I will b
It's common in spoken English, but it is not grammatically correct. Sometimes a simple "it is" is left out of the answer. Sometimes the a person will repeat part of a question or statement with a word or phrase changed. Sometimes a person interjects or implies interjecting words or a phrase into the question to change the meaning.
Examples:
Person 1: "I will b
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Thank you, EngJack, for your continuing to answer.
In your examples, It is not difficult for me to deduce the omitted word
In your examples, It is not difficult for me to deduce the omitted word
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park sang joonTry"Not in something such as this"I couldn't even think the words was omitted after 'not.'
"That is not called 'quotation marks' in something such as this."
It is difficult for me to duduce the omitted words in such sentences as the above sentence.
Please enlighten me with some more examples or explanations.
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Thank you, EngJack for your continuing support.
Try this. Imagine if he had replied "Not in this case" or even "Not
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EngJackIt's common in spoken English, but it is not grammatically correct.It's not a complete sentence, but there is nothing wrong with it grammatically.
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Hello fivejedjon.
I'd like to hear from you about the ellipsis you used the day before yesterday.
I'd like to hear from you about the ellipsis you used the day before yesterday.
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fivejedjon It's not a complete sentence, but there is nothing wrong with it grammatically.Incomplete sentences are common, acceptable, efficient, effective, etc. I'm too nitpicky to call them grammatical, though!
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EngJackI'm too nitpicky to call them grammatical, though!But they are!
Not in something such as this is grammatically OK.
Not in something so as this is not.
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