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Tung Quoc Posted 20 years ago
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sweet things

Hi,

I like sweet things.

What does sweet things mean?

(Besides candies, can sb understand sweet things are girls, money...?)

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Hi, I like sweet things . What does sweet things mean? It's hard to be sure without a context, but it probably just refers to candy, cake, ice-cream, things that contain sugar.

  • Hi, I like sweet things .
  • What does sweet things mean?
  • It's hard to be sure without a context, but it probably just refers to candy, cake, ice-cream, things that contain sugar.
  • ) In the right context, you can say this to a girl ( I love you, you sweet thing ).
  • I wouldn't expect it to refer to money.
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Hi,

I like sweet things.

What does sweet things mean?

It's hard to be sure without a context, but it probably just refers to candy, cake, ice-cream, things that contain sugar.

(Besides candies, can sb understand sweet things are girls, money...?)
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hi,Clive
you say (I love you, you sweet thing ) as an example,
it is obvious a lack of the verb there.I've met this kind of things in other situations too,Is that correct or just an informal expression?

thanks!
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Hi,

you say (I love you, you sweet thing ) as an example,
it is obvious a lack of the verb there.I've met this kind of things in other situations too,Is that correct or just an informal expression?


'Love' is a verb. Why do you say there is a lack of a verb?

Best wishes, Clive
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but how to explain you sweet thing?
I am puzzled.
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Hi,

but how to explain you sweet thing?

It's a 'structure' in which a noun is used to address a person directly.

Compare Be careful, Tom and Be careful, you idiot. These are both ways to address the person.

It's called the 'vocative' form.
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Is Be careful, you idiot an ellipsis of Be careful, you are idiot ?

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No. All of these are examples of nouns - people whom the speaker could be addressing his comments to:

Tom
you idiot
sweetheart
you sweet thing
my beloved
you crazy man
wild thing

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