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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
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Sentence structure

Could you check whether the following sentence is right?

My girlfriend's decided she wants to move in with me.
  

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'-S' for 'has' has limited use; avoid it when it breeds confusion. My girlfriend has decided she wants to move in with me.

— Mister Micawber

  • '-S' for 'has' has limited use; avoid it when it breeds confusion.
  • My girlfriend has decided she wants to move in with me.
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'-S' for 'has' has limited use; avoid it when it breeds confusion.

My girlfriend has decided she wants to move in with me.
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Could you tell me why it is not "My girlfriend has decided she wants to move in to be with me"? To my ears, "move in with me" just sounds like they move in together, not live together.
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lucas21cCould you tell me why it is not "My girlfriend has decided she wants to move in to be with me"?
Because it is non-native.
lucas21c To my ears, "move in with me" just sounds like they move in together, not live together.
'Move in together' = 'live together'. If you mean something else, please explain. 'Move in with
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I got it now. I didn't know "move in with ~ = live with ~". I just thought it meant the action of moving because I understood the phrase as (move in) (with me), not (move in with me) as a whole.
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