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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Verb "to be" joining people and things
Hi, there!!! I´m from Brazil and here we have a way of saying that we got someone's things with us, like this (literally): "I´m with your key." But a friend of mine has told me that we cannot join people and things by the be verb. Actually, I've lived in the USA for three years and I can't remember this kind of expression being used by native speakers. However, I could'nt find anything on internet about this. Colud you help me, please? Thanx a lot, Zé
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" No. We don't have that idiom in English. It's not a matter of not joining people and things (metaphorically): Carol is a block of wood when it comes to math.
- " No.
- We don't have that idiom in English.
- It's not a matter of not joining people and things (metaphorically): Carol is a block of wood when it comes to math.
- " to indicate having someone's things.
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Anonymous"I´m with your key."No. We don't have that idiom in English.
It's not a matter of not joining people and things (metaphorically):
Carol is a block of wood when it comes to math.
It's just that we don't have the idiom "I'm with your ..." to indicate having someone's things. (It's "I've got your ..." in English.)
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I'm not sure if I understand your question. By "we got someone's things with us" do you mean that their possessions are at your home? An informal English way of saying this is "We have his/her/their stuff at our place". I can't think of any literal English equivalent resembling "I'm with your key".
What does any of this have to do with "joining people and things by the be verb"?
What does any of this have to do with "joining people and things by the be verb"?
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