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Gaylord336 Posted 7 years ago
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What does it's not like mean in this context?
Guy: asks for pic on Omegle
Girl: refuses
Guy: come on, it's not like you don't upload your pics on Instagram
( “Don't” doesn't sound right to me tho,
It doesn't emphasize probability)
(and as for “It's not like” , I guess it means the next statement is not true)
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gaylord336 Guy: C ome on, it's not like you don't upload your pics on Instagram . This is OK in informal English. I personally prefer to say "upload to ".
- gaylord336 Guy: C ome on, it's not like you don't upload your pics on Instagram .
- This is OK in informal English.
- I personally prefer to say "upload to ".
- gaylord336 ( “Don't” doesn't sound right to me tho, It doesn't emphasize probability) The sentence isn't about probability.
- Once you've unravelled the double negative, the implication of the sentence is that she does upload her pictures to Instagram.
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gaylord336Guy: Come on, it's not like you don't upload your pics on Instagram.
This is OK in informal English.
I personally prefer to say "upload to".
gaylord336( “Don't” doesn't sound right to me tho, It doesn't emphasize probability)
The sentence isn't about probability. Once you've unr
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