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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Photo question

I just saw a photo of two friends dancing. Friend A) said "I wonder which song that was?" i.e. I wonder which song we were dancing to. Friend B) in regards to the dance said: "It probably wasn't relevant to a song." Is it correct to use "relevant" in this way? Thank you.
  

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Do you have any idea what meaning friend B was trying to convey? Is he suggesting that perhaps when the photo was taken they were not in fact dancing? You have now joined the two friends at some other location, and the three of you are looking at the photo?

— Avangi

  • Do you have any idea what meaning friend B was trying to convey?
  • Is he suggesting that perhaps when the photo was taken they were not in fact dancing?
  • You have now joined the two friends at some other location, and the three of you are looking at the photo?
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Do you have any idea what meaning friend B was trying to convey?
Is he suggesting that perhaps when the photo was taken they were not in fact dancing?

You have now joined the two friends at some other location, and the three of you are looking at the photo?
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They were performing a funny dance move. Their arms were in the air. I think friend B) is trying to say that they might not have been performing that particular dance move to a particular song, for example, in the way that the Macarena dance is performed to the Macerena song only.
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AvangiYou have now joined the two friends at some other location, and the three of you are looking at the photo?
No, the photo was posted on a social media page.
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Anonymous I think friend B) is trying to say that they might not have been performing that particular dance move to a particular song, for example, in the way that the Macarena dance is performed to the Macerena song only.
In this case, "relevant" makes sense to me. It's not relevant to a particular song.

The move
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AvangiIn this case, "relevant" makes sense to me. It's not relevant to a particular song.
Great - thanks. Was it incorrect for friend B) to write "a song" instead of "a particular song". My instinct is telling me that it isn't necessarily incorrect, but that the meaning is definitely clearer if "particular" is written.
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"Particular" is not necessary.

In written communication it sometimes helps to add a word here and there, because we don't have the voice inflections to help out.
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