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 #2 (permalink) Mon Jul 24, 2006 22:39 pm Expression: " Students are permitted..." |
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| Tom wrote: |
" Students are permitted to use dictionary."
I suppose it should be a dictionary since it is no newspaper heading. |
Quite. It should read either: "Students are permitted to use a dictionary" or "(...) permitted to use dictionaries". |
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| #3 (permalink) Tue Jul 25, 2006 13:41 pm Expression: " Students are permitted..." |
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Thanks, Conchita!
Could you please explain the use of the following?
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Thanks again
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| #4 (permalink) Tue Jul 25, 2006 13:54 pm Expression: " Students are permitted..." |
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'Quite' can be said to show that you agree, like 'exactly' or 'that's right'.
(...): suspension points indicate that the sentence or text is incomplete. |
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| #5 (permalink) Tue Jul 25, 2006 20:08 pm Expression: " Students are permitted..." |
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Thanks again, Conchita!
Last question about theis thread.
So could we use quite in this sense in spoken English?
A- "I think we should not go out tonight?"
B- "Quite!"
It it correct?
About my sceond question in the abaove colums, why did you write the incomplete sentence. In other words, why did you drop students and write "...".Any particular reason? |
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| #6 (permalink) Tue Jul 25, 2006 22:19 pm Expression: " Students are permitted..." |
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| Tom wrote: |
So could we use quite in this sense in spoken English?
A- "I think we should not go out tonight?"
B- "Quite!"
It it correct? |
Somehow, 'quite' sounds a bit awkward after a suggestion, especially if it's a question. You wouldn't say 'exactly' in this case either, I think. I would only use it in place of terms like ‘you’re quite right’, ‘absolutely’, ‘exactly’ or 'that's right'.
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| About my sceond question in the abaove colums, why did you write the incomplete sentence. In other words, why did you drop students and write "...".Any particular reason? |
Try to guess first :) . Why do people do that: write three little dots instead of repeating words or having to write a whole text that is not important? |
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