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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
That is: usage?
Could someone check the following sentences and give comments about these sentences?
Does this sound natural? He likes me and that is cool.
If this sentence is correct, could it be written like 'He likes me and i.e. cool'.
If it is wrong, is it because that 'that' must have a noun as an antecedent?
Or would a native speaker say this phrase instead? It is cool that he likes me.
Can we avoid 'that is' by reformulating the sentence like this?
His liking to me is cool.
Does this sound natural? He likes me and that is cool.
If this sentence is correct, could it be written like 'He likes me and i.e. cool'.
If it is wrong, is it because that 'that' must have a noun as an antecedent?
Or would a native speaker say this phrase instead? It is cool that he likes me.
Can we avoid 'that is' by reformulating the sentence like this?
His liking to me is cool.
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Anonymous Does this sound natural? He likes me and that is cool. I think so.
- Anonymous Does this sound natural?
- He likes me and that is cool.
- I think so.
- Maybe better, though, would be "He likes me, which is cool".
- e.
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AnonymousDoes this sound natural? He likes me and that is cool.I think so. Maybe better, though, would be "He likes me, which is cool".
AnonymousIf this sentence is correct, could it be written like 'He likes me and i.e. cool'.Definitely not. You can use i.e. to introduce an explanation, but not like that.
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AnonymousOr would a native speaker say this phrase instead? It is cool that he likes me."It's cool that he likes me" is OK too. In speech, the contraction "it's" would normally be used.
AnonymousCan we avoid 'that is' by reformulating the sentence like this?His liking to me is cool."His liking to me is cool" is wrong.
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