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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
That means...
Which ones do you prefer?
1. I see her every day, which means I am married to her.
2. I see her ever day, and that means I am married to her.
3. I see her every day. That means I am married to her.
I think all of them are used in daily conversations and I am sorry about so weird examples.
My question is which sentence is natural to native English speakers.
I think #1 and #2 is the same and natural even to me, but although #3 is fine and used daily, it is kind of awkward to me. I think any conjunctions should be put to make it natural and professional. What do you think?
Thank you as always and have a good day in advance.
1. I see her every day, which means I am married to her.
2. I see her ever day, and that means I am married to her.
3. I see her every day. That means I am married to her.
I think all of them are used in daily conversations and I am sorry about so weird examples.
My question is which sentence is natural to native English speakers.
I think #1 and #2 is the same and natural even to me, but although #3 is fine and used daily, it is kind of awkward to me. I think any conjunctions should be put to make it natural and professional. What do you think?
Thank you as always and have a good day in advance.
Top answer
I'll try it with more natural (in my opinion) sentence: 1. I am going on holiday on Thursday, which means I won't be taking part in discussions here for about ten days. 2.
- I'll try it with more natural (in my opinion) sentence: 1.
- I am going on holiday on Thursday, which means I won't be taking part in discussions here for about ten days.
- 2.
- I am going on holiday on Thursday, and that means I won't be taking part in discussions here for about ten days.
- 3.
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I'll try it with more natural (in my opinion) sentence:
1. I am going on holiday on Thursday, which means I won't be taking part in discussions here for about ten days.
2. I am going on holiday on Thursday, and that means I won't be taking part in discussions here for about ten days.
3. I am going on holiday on Thursday. That means I won't be taking part in discussions here for ab
1. I am going on holiday on Thursday, which means I won't be taking part in discussions here for about ten days.
2. I am going on holiday on Thursday, and that means I won't be taking part in discussions here for about ten days.
3. I am going on holiday on Thursday. That means I won't be taking part in discussions here for ab
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Here's what Swan says about this topic in his grammar book.
this/that and it in discourse
This, that and it can all be used to refer back to things that have been talked or written about earlier. The differences between them are not well understood, but the following suggestions may be useful.
It does not give any special
this/that and it in discourse
This, that and it can all be used to refer back to things that have been talked or written about earlier. The differences between them are not well understood, but the following suggestions may be useful.
It does not give any special
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