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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
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What went wrong?
"What went wrong?," he said after the speaking engagement.
I see he didn't think his speech went very well.
As another interpretation, could "What went wrong?" mean "Couldn't be better!", where he's sure it went very well?
I see he didn't think his speech went very well.
As another interpretation, could "What went wrong?" mean "Couldn't be better!", where he's sure it went very well?
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" means" Was it OK".
- " means" Was it OK".
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I don't see how "What went wrong?" could mean "Couldn't be better!"
"Was anything wrong?" means" Was it OK".
"Was anything wrong?" means" Was it OK".
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Liveinjapanhe didn't think his speech went very well.Yes.
Liveinjapancould "What went wrong?" mean "Couldn't be better!"Sounds bizarre, so no.
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I think your second interpretation is unlikely; sounds to me as though the chap was lacking self-confidence in his performance (or, indeed, that he knew that he'd spoken badly).
If, however, he'd said "How good was that!' that probably would be a sign of an (overly-)confident individual!
If, however, he'd said "How good was that!' that probably would be a sign of an (overly-)confident individual!
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