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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

These 2 sentence are slang

I don't see how to correct them so they are formal

In a show, a man says this after torturing another man.

There is a point which if I man stands by his story, he's a man telling the truth. He's telling the truth.

Are the clause in correct order?

Is it too much to ask that if I have a simple birthday party that the silverware, the crystal that they be clean?
  

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Both sentences might be heard in everyday speech in the US. They are rather informal and not grammatically perfect, but they are readily understandable. In absolutely perfect English the sentences would be something like: "There is a point reached in torture where, if a man still stands by his story, then he's telling the truth.

— Anonymous

  • Both sentences might be heard in everyday speech in the US.
  • They are rather informal and not grammatically perfect, but they are readily understandable.
  • In absolutely perfect English the sentences would be something like: "There is a point reached in torture where, if a man still stands by his story, then he's telling the truth.
  • " However, these grammatically perfect sentences sound a little too formal, stuffy even, for informal speech, and lack the hard-hitting emphasis of the originals.
  • The little grammatical imperfections in the originals are what give them emphasis and impact.
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Both sentences might be heard in everyday speech in the US. They are rather informal and not grammatically perfect, but they are readily understandable. In absolutely perfect English the sentences would be something like:

"There is a point reached in torture where, if a man still stands by his story, then he's telling the truth. So he's got to be telling the truth."

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