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Poyorinn08 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
What is the difference in these sentences?
It beats me.
It bothers me.
In my dictionary,there is no difference in these sentences,but I have to understand slight difference.
It bothers me.
In my dictionary,there is no difference in these sentences,but I have to understand slight difference.
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poyorinn08 It beats me. It bothers me. In my dictionary,there is no difference in these sentences,but I have to understand slight difference.
- poyorinn08 It beats me.
- It bothers me.
- In my dictionary,there is no difference in these sentences,but I have to understand slight difference.
- "Beats me" is a slang term meaning that you don't know or you don't understand something, or you can't figure something out.
- To say that something "bothers" you means that you are annoyed by it.
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poyorinn08It beats me."Beats me" is a slang term meaning that you don't know or you don't understand something, or you can't figure something out. To say that something "bothers" you means that you are annoyed by it.
It bothers me.
In my dictionary,there is no difference in these sentences,but I have to understand slight difference.
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I agree fully with markroe:
"It beats me", most often spoken quickly with the subject dropped ("Beats me!"), is slang for "I don't know" or "I have no idea".
"It bothers me" is very general and could refer to many things, depending on the person.
"It beats me", most often spoken quickly with the subject dropped ("Beats me!"), is slang for "I don't know" or "I have no idea".
"It bothers me" is very general and could refer to many things, depending on the person.
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