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Klavier Posted 21 years ago
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Hello.
Is it natural a conversation like this:
A: What did John want?
B: That you lend him the CD player.
A: What did she tell you?
B: That you're not nice.
Is it natural a conversation like this:
A: What did John want?
B: That you lend him the CD player.
A: What did she tell you?
B: That you're not nice.
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A: What did John want? B: That you lend him the CD player. I' say B: "he wanted you to lend him the CD player" The other conversation seems ok to me...
- A: What did John want?
- B: That you lend him the CD player.
- I' say B: "he wanted you to lend him the CD player" The other conversation seems ok to me...
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A: What did John want?
B: That you lend him the CD player.
I' say B: "he wanted you to lend him the CD player"
The other conversation seems ok to me...
B: That you lend him the CD player.
I' say B: "he wanted you to lend him the CD player"
The other conversation seems ok to me...
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I'd agree with Pieanne about #1: 'he wanted you to lend him the CD player' would be more natural round my way.
For #2:
What did she tell you?
She said you're not very nice.
Replying to a question with a 'that' clause seems quite unusual to me. But maybe it's more common in other dialects.
MrP
For #2:
What did she tell you?
She said you're not very nice.
Replying to a question with a 'that' clause seems quite unusual to me. But maybe it's more common in other dialects.
MrP
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Actually, it's the Spanish way of replying. I know that it's useless to translate things literally, but just wanted to be sure.
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