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If not, no.
If [it is] not, no, [I won't].
I now see that the strange-sounding clause "if the weather is fine" that I hear from Germans and some others is evidently taught in some textbooks. No wonder so many of them say it. |
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| #3 (permalink) Sat Dec 15, 2007 15:27 pm Not or no? (If the weather is fine, I'll wash my clothes. If...) |
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Hi, Jamie
So, what would be the right way of saying that the weather is good ?
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| #4 (permalink) Sat Dec 15, 2007 15:34 pm Not or no? (If the weather is fine, I'll wash my clothes. If...) |
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| lost_soul wrote: |
Hi, Jamie
So, what would be the right way of saying that the weather is good ?
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You just said it. |
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| #5 (permalink) Sat Dec 15, 2007 15:47 pm Not or no? (If the weather is fine, I'll wash my clothes. If...) |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: |
| You just said it. |
Wow ! I just got lucky ! :) |
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| #6 (permalink) Sat Dec 15, 2007 16:52 pm Not or no? (If the weather is fine, I'll wash my clothes. If...) |
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The original sentence suggests that the person saying it does not have a clothes dryer. I know from experience that freshly washed laundry dries best outside when it's sunny. So, I'm pretty sure the only thing I'd say is this:
"If it's sunny, I'll wash my clothes. Otherwise I won't."
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| #7 (permalink) Sat Dec 15, 2007 17:24 pm Not or no? (If the weather is fine, I'll wash my clothes. If...) |
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| Yankee wrote: |
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The original sentence suggests that the person saying it does not have a clothes dryer. I know from experience that freshly washed laundry dries best outside when it's sunny. So, I'm pretty sure the only thing I'd say is this:
"If it's sunny, I'll wash my clothes. Otherwise I won't."
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Do you live in the Sunshine State, Amy?
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| #8 (permalink) Sat Dec 15, 2007 17:34 pm Not or no? (If the weather is fine, I'll wash my clothes. If...) |
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No, as you can see under my forum nick, I live in neither Queensland (Australia) nor Florida (USA).
I don't live in New Mexico or South Dakota, either. :wink:
When I lived in Germany, I didn't have a dryer. I generally didn't bother hanging wet laundry outside unless it was at least partly sunny.
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| #10 (permalink) Sat Dec 15, 2007 17:49 pm Not or no? (If the weather is fine, I'll wash my clothes. If...) |
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When I lived in Germany, I didn't have a dryer. I generally didn't bother hanging wet laundry outside unless it was at least partly sunny.
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Did you have enough to wear then?
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| #11 (permalink) Sat Dec 15, 2007 17:53 pm Not or no? (If the weather is fine, I'll wash my clothes. If...) |
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| What's there to do, Amy? |
What do you mean? Do you want to know what sorts of things there are to do in New Mexico and/or South Dakota (other than to enjoy sunshine)? :?
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| #12 (permalink) Sat Dec 15, 2007 17:54 pm Not or no? (If the weather is fine, I'll wash my clothes. If...) |
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| Ralf wrote: |
| Yankee wrote: |
When I lived in Germany, I didn't have a dryer. I generally didn't bother hanging wet laundry outside unless it was at least partly sunny.
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Did you have enough to wear then? |
What do you think? :roll:
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