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Tuongvan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

the bill is out by $ 5

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00 1/ After the meal in a restaurant , the waiter handed me a bill which said I had to pay 55 dollars , but in reality , the meal cost only 50 dollars . Can I say like this to the waiter : 01b00" your bill is out by over 5 dollars02b00 " ? 02br
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00After I paid $50 for my meal in a restaurant , the waiter asked me to pay 5 more dollars . I asked him why and he answered that 01b00the bill had been out by under 5 dollars02b00 . 02br
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01. " In real life, it's something like "Excuse me, I think there's an error here. "02br 02br 002.

— BarbaraPA

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  • " In real life, it's something like "Excuse me, I think there's an error here.
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  • "out by" is not right.
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01. You would say something like "This is for $5 more than I think it should be" or "There seems to be an overcharge of $5 here." In real life, it's something like "Excuse me, I think there's an error here. Can you tell me where this $5 comes from?"02br
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002. "out by" is not right. You can say it's "off by." But I don't understand why the waiter would answer that way.0
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0Ah, maybe another Brit/US difference.02br
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00'out by' is used in that way over here.0-
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0Ah, thank you. I stand corrected.0-
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01cite10nona the brit12cite10Ah, maybe another Brit/US difference.12br
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10'out by' is used in that way over here.12br
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10Hi, Nona!02br
00Can 'out by' be used for either direction, too much or too little? [What a difference that pond makes, especially when it com
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0Thank you very much Nona the Brit, Grammar geek , and Philip,02br
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00By the way please help me with the following :02br
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001/ Suppose Jack borrowed me $20 yesterday and now he pays me back , but after counting the amount , I find out that it is only $ 15 instead of $20 , so can I say to him like this to express the idea that he has given me back
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0 3. I stand corrected. = You have corrected my mistake. Now I know the correct answer.02br
001. and 2. are matters of underpayment and overpayment, respectively.02br
001. Underpayment. Use any of the following expressions.02br
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01i00You paid me $5 too little. / You paid me $5 less than you should have (paid).02i02br
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0Thank you Avangi very much for your useful teaching and explanation 0-
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01cite10Tuongvan12cite10Thank you Avangi very much for your useful teaching and explanation 15012br
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10We all know you meant to thank C.J. 02img00 030srchttp://www.EnglishForward.com/emoticons/emotion-22.gif
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