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Zuzaki Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

What's the differnce between these 2 sentences?

Hello my native English speakers. I'm very curious about this language, and I want to get myself on a native level and the way to get the goal is obviously asking other people.

My question is simply about, what's the difference between saying:

Do you understand the words coming out of my mouth? and -

Do you understand the words which/that come out of my mouth?

I do see lots of people making difference phrases in movies and they're native speakers!

Can someone please tell me some basic rules about this, and how come people got options how to express themselves?

Thanks for helping :-)
  

Top answer

This sounds like it comes from Rush Hour starring Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan. If you're going to watch movies such as this you should be aware that comedy in general and slapstick comedy in particular is notorious for mangling the language for humorous effect. Although in this particular scene the humor is more in the delivery than in the language itself.

— RayH

  • This sounds like it comes from Rush Hour starring Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan.
  • If you're going to watch movies such as this you should be aware that comedy in general and slapstick comedy in particular is notorious for mangling the language for humorous effect.
  • Although in this particular scene the humor is more in the delivery than in the language itself.
  • Also, of course, there are always any number of grammatically correct ways to express any given thought.
  • In the case you cite, all three versions strike me as acceptable.
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This sounds like it comes from Rush Hour starring Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan.

If you're going to watch movies such as this you should be aware that comedy in general and slapstick comedy in particular is notorious for mangling the language for humorous effect. Although in this particular scene the humor is more in the delivery than in the language itself.

Also, of cours
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Hey thanks for answering!

Yes. thefirst 2 lines are from rush hour, but it was just to put up some examples to get understood.

But to confirm myself, it's correct to say I'm the one having money, isn't it? Instead of saying I'm the one who has the money, I can change 'who has' into a simply 'having' as verb`?(:'

Am I correct?

Thanks!
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Zuzakiit's correct to say I'm the one having money, isn't it?
No.
ZuzakiI can change 'who has' into a simply 'having' as verb`?
No. It may be possible in some small number of cases but not in general.
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**** Emotion: big smile', so I'm the one who has the money, is the way to say it?
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