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Tinanam0102 Posted 8 years ago
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Split my sides laughing

Hi teachers,

I found this post and it mentioned the sentence is a little odd because you'd be laughing and wouldn't be able to speak.

I'm splitting my sides laughing.

So doesn't that mean "I was splitting my sides laughing" would be natural?

Thanks

TN

  

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tinanam0102 I'm splitting my sides laughing. Any tense can be used. We are going to the comedy club Friday night, and my favorite stand-up comedian is on the program.

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  • I will be splitting my sides laughing.
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tinanam0102I'm splitting my sides laughing.

Any tense can be used.

We are going to the comedy club Friday night, and my favorite stand-up comedian is on the program. I will be splitting my sides laughing.

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tinanam0102I found this post and it mentioned the sentence is a little odd because you'd be laughing and wouldn't be able to speak.
I'm splitting my sides laughing.

It would be considered odd only by someone who was taking the sentence extremely literally. I don't find it odd at all.

tinanam0102So doesn't that mean "
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