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Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

What do you mean I lost?

1. What do you mean I lost?

2. What do you mean by saying that I lost?

#1 is quoted from a dictionary. Is #2 also acceptable?
  

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I always use 2. I like long and formal forms.

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I always use 2. Emotion: smile I like long and formal forms.
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Hi,

1. What do you mean, "I lost"?

Clive
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Clive1. What do you mean, "I lost"?
I hit the ball in first! What do you mean I lost? (Quoted from a dictionary)

Why use quotation marks? It's indirect speech, isn't it?
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Clive, I think your version (What do you mean, "I lost"?) does not mean what the original (What do you mean I lost?) meant. Are you assuming that the orignal speaker said "I lost" rather than "you lost"?

Original meaning:

Bob: You lost, Jim.

Jim: What do you mean I lost?

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Hi,

What do you mean, "I lost"?



I hit the ball in first! What do you mean I lost? (Quoted from a dictionary)

Why use quotation marks?

It's indirect speech, isn't it? True, in that scenario. But in this
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Hi Clive -- how about this version:

What do you mean I "lost"?

Tom: You lost, Bob.

Bob: What do you mean I "lost"?
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Just a "by the way". My first and strongest take on it was khoff's.

-- You lost!!!
-- What do you mean (by saying that) I lost?

CJ
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