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Mike2015 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
see/ in the beginning of a sentence
Hello,
I was wondering what see mean when it comes in the beginning of a sentence? is it for getting someone's attention who is not listening or for telling someone something important? ....... for example: (in the TV show how I met your mother)
Ted is talking to a cab driver:
See, I have this girlfriend. I'd never cheat on her. She lives in Germany (after 2-3 seconds pause, remembering her girlfriend was supposed to call her) see she was supposed to call me four hours ago for a serious talk.
Thank you in advance
I was wondering what see mean when it comes in the beginning of a sentence? is it for getting someone's attention who is not listening or for telling someone something important? ....... for example: (in the TV show how I met your mother)
Ted is talking to a cab driver:
See, I have this girlfriend. I'd never cheat on her. She lives in Germany (after 2-3 seconds pause, remembering her girlfriend was supposed to call her) see she was supposed to call me four hours ago for a serious talk.
Thank you in advance
Top answer
" It's a common speech habit. Most people never realize that they are saying these words or phrases so frequently. You know, I have this girlfriend.
- " It's a common speech habit.
- Most people never realize that they are saying these words or phrases so frequently.
- You know, I have this girlfriend.
- I'd never cheat on her, you know.
- Like, I have this girlfriend.
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It is a "filler" phrase, similar to "you know," "so," and "like." It's a common speech habit. Most people never realize that they are saying these words or phrases so frequently.
You know, I have this girlfriend. I'd never cheat on her, you know.
Like, I have this girlfriend.
So, I have this girlfriend.
You know, I have this girlfriend. I'd never cheat on her, you know.
Like, I have this girlfriend.
So, I have this girlfriend.
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"See," as used here, is short for "you see," which is a meaningless idiom used to fill up space in a conversation.
Another example of usage:
"See, I came to this city to look for work, but haven't found anything after 3 months of looking. See, I'm a kind of jack-of-all-trades and can do anything, but everything is specialized these days and they want specialists."
Another example of usage:
"See, I came to this city to look for work, but haven't found anything after 3 months of looking. See, I'm a kind of jack-of-all-trades and can do anything, but everything is specialized these days and they want specialists."
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