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OMITTED WORDS #1 (permalink) Sat Jul 01, 2006 10:32 am   OMITTED WORDS
 

Hi!. How are you feeling? :lol:

In spanish, we can omit words in a sentence
to emphasise, to me more "expressive". Can you do it in English?

Example:

1.- It?s you again!

2.- you again!--- (I dropped "It?s")

Thank you!
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Omitted words #2 (permalink) Sat Jul 01, 2006 10:35 am   Omitted words
 

Hi Jesus1,

Yes, you can levae out words as in:

Question Have you understood?

Answer Understood.

Question Did you get that?

Answer Got it.

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