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Takoyaki-English Posted 18 years ago
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the same cookie-cutter Hawaiian vacation
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01 b 01 font 00 Too many tourist brochures highlight the same cookie-cutter Hawaiian vacation. Here's some places you might have never heard of. 02 font 02 b 02 br
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00 Since "cookie cutter [only before noun]" means "almost exactly the same as other things of the same type, and not very interesting," I don't think that it's necessary to put "the same" before "cookie-cutter." 02 br
00 How about "a cookie-cutter Hawaiian vacation" instead? 0240href http://www.associatedcontent.com/subject/article/%20The%20Beach?site=my_collection&client=my_collection&proxystylesheet=my_collection&output=xml_no_dtd&filter=p&page=32
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01 b 01 font 00 Too many tourist brochures highlight the same cookie-cutter Hawaiian vacation. Here's some places you might have never heard of. 02 font 02 b 02 br
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00 Since "cookie cutter [only before noun]" means "almost exactly the same as other things of the same type, and not very interesting," I don't think that it's necessary to put "the same" before "cookie-cutter." 02 br
00 How about "a cookie-cutter Hawaiian vacation" instead? 0240href http://www.associatedcontent.com/subject/article/%20The%20Beach?site=my_collection&client=my_collection&proxystylesheet=my_collection&output=xml_no_dtd&filter=p&page=32
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02 br 00 I think 01 i 00 the same 02 i 00 is used for emphasis. 0-
- 02 br 00 I think 01 i 00 the same 02 i 00 is used for emphasis.
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00 I think 01 i 00 the same 02 i 00 is used for emphasis. The indefinite article 01 i 00 ' 01 b 00 a' 02 b 02 i 00 doesn't seem right, does it, if they are 'almost exactly the same'? 0-
00 I think 01 i 00 the same 02 i 00 is used for emphasis. The indefinite article 01 i 00 ' 01 b 00 a' 02 b 02 i 00 doesn't seem right, does it, if they are 'almost exactly the same'? 0-
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0 Mister Micawber, 02 br
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00 I'd like to ask something. 02 br
00 Do you mean that "a cookie-cutter thing" is not correct English? 02 br
00 I would've misunderstood you. 02 br
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00 Thank you for the reply. 05 1 02 br
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00 I'd like to ask something. 02 br
00 Do you mean that "a cookie-cutter thing" is not correct English? 02 br
00 I would've misunderstood you. 02 br
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