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Debpriya De Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

What do you mean by

What do you mean, you thought I wouldn’t mind?

Is this an informal sentence ?

Should the proper sentence be - What do you mean by that you thought I wouldn’t mind ?
  

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Your 'formal' alternative is impossible. If you wish to make the original more formal, simply enclose the direct quotation in quotation marks: What do you mean by "I thought you wouldn’t mind"?

— Mister Micawber

  • Your 'formal' alternative is impossible.
  • If you wish to make the original more formal, simply enclose the direct quotation in quotation marks: What do you mean by "I thought you wouldn’t mind"?
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Your 'formal' alternative is impossible. If you wish to make the original more formal, simply enclose the direct quotation in quotation marks:

What do you mean by "I thought you wouldn’t mind"?
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