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#2 (permalink) Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:38 am Synonym sentences and their meanings (3) |
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Hi Van Khanh Just a few comments:
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1. Is there too much wind in the back? Is there too much wind at the back? Assuming that "the back" might refer to the back of a car, I would understand the following difference: "in" = inside the car "at" = outside the car.
3. Keep your room neat and tidy. Keep your room clean and tidy. Not a standard collocation Keep your room neat and clean.
4. Love me do. Reminds me of the Beetles and therefore would normally only be sung (by me and probably most Americans who know the song)! 8) Sorry, I don't know whether the Brits would do more than sing this or not. Do love me.
6. It makes a horrible sound all night long. This has more of a feeling that the sound is "non-stop" It makes a horrible sound all night.
7. You're welcome. You're more than welcome. More emphatic/enthusiastic, possibly sounds a little more sincere since it's more than the basic "You're welcome" expression
8. Do you want me to send it up to your room? This sounds like the room is on an upper floor (higher than the speaker) Do you want me to send it to your room? |
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#3 (permalink) Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:20 am Synonym sentences and their meanings (3) |
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Hi Amy,
So, the numbers 2,5,9 are correct in grammar and have the same meaning?
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#4 (permalink) Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:17 pm Synonym sentences and their meanings (3) |
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| Van Khanh wrote: |
| So, the numbers 2,5,9 are correct in grammar and have the same meaning? |
In 2 and 5, the pairs are correct and have more or less the same meaning. In 9, only the first one, which starts with "to" is correct. |
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