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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Which response is idiomatic?

X: "Maybe fate has been throwing the wrong ones at me."

Y: "Yeah, could be that." OR "Yeah, that could be it."
  

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They are both idiomatic in casual speech. "Yeah, could be that" is a casual abbreviation for "Yeah, it could be that".

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  • They are both idiomatic in casual speech.
  • "Yeah, could be that" is a casual abbreviation for "Yeah, it could be that".
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They are both idiomatic in casual speech. "Yeah, could be that" is a casual abbreviation for "Yeah, it could be that".
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