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Marold Posted 14 years ago
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What are you on about?
"What are you on about?"
A sentence uttered in the middle of conversation in the book Harry Potter. What does it mean?
(in the middle of a/no article? conversation => does conversation here take an indefinite article or no article at all?)
Thank you in advance.
A sentence uttered in the middle of conversation in the book Harry Potter. What does it mean?
(in the middle of a/no article? conversation => does conversation here take an indefinite article or no article at all?)
Thank you in advance.
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" It's difficult to be certain without the context. Could you copy the entire paragraph? Marold does conversation here take an indefinite article or no article at all?
- " It's difficult to be certain without the context.
- Could you copy the entire paragraph?
- Marold does conversation here take an indefinite article or no article at all?
- Yes, it takes an article, the indefinite article is fine.
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It could be short for "what are you going on about" which means "what are you talking about." It's difficult to be certain without the context. Could you copy the entire paragraph?
Marolddoes conversation here take an indefinite article or no article at all?Yes, it takes an article, the indefinite article is fine.
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In the middle of A conversation.
I believe (I'm not a British speaker, so there may be something I'm missing) that it means "What are talking about?" and possibly "what has you so excited" or "get to the point of what you want to say."
I believe (I'm not a British speaker, so there may be something I'm missing) that it means "What are talking about?" and possibly "what has you so excited" or "get to the point of what you want to say."
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Marold"What are you on about?"What's the point of all your chit-chat? Get to the point!
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