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amazing / astonishing / surprising #16 (permalink) Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:06 am   amazing / astonishing / surprising
 

nessie wrote:
Talking about the corpuses, what do you think about this: I've found 23 result of the phrase "repeat again" on the BNC Very Happy


What's the problem? There's emphasis at work.

All OK:

I repeat once more for you benefit
We repeat again and again
repeat once on the left and repeat again on the right
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amazing / astonishing / surprising #17 (permalink) Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:10 am   amazing / astonishing / surprising
 

So? I don't know, Amy Smile that's why I want some ideas from native speakers: you will surely understand more than me (My non-native teachers here always teach me that "repeat again" is completely wrong. Wink
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amazing / astonishing / surprising #18 (permalink) Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:38 am   amazing / astonishing / surprising
 

You're teachers are wrong, or referring to a specific context. It would only be wrong if one had not repeated something more than once.

e.g.

*Today, we just tried oysters for the first time and wouldn't repeat again.
...........

Son: I hate you, Mom!
*Mom: Would you like to repeat again what you just said?
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amazing / astonishing / surprising #19 (permalink) Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:48 am   amazing / astonishing / surprising
 

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(by the way, native-speakers often say: it's unnatural, it's not common, ...)

As opposed to saying...?


Nothing of the kind. But when I don't know anything I expect some explanations. For example here Agreement between subject and verb. Though in this case (I mean my question - Agreement) I will agree on it natural, common.... Smile
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