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I simply didn't find it difficult to imagine how your initial post could be misunderstood. :wink:
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| #18 (permalink) Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:21 am Expression: "Let one's students off" |
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Molly wrote:
Tom wrote:
Many thanks, Amy
By the way, what is the normal way of saying this?
Tom
"Let us leave"?
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nessie wrote:
"Let us leave"? It does not seem very... natural in this case...
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"The teacher let us leave early today." Why doesn't it sound natural? |
Why did Nessie feel uncomfortable with that? Perhaps because "The teacher let us leave early today" is not what you initially wrote? (see the first quote).
Well, not really Amy, I just feel "let us leave" a bit strange because it sounds as if the teacher forced the student to stay everyday, and today he/ she let them leave early :roll: :roll:
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I found these in the OALD and Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English: (the entry of "dismiss")
OALD:
to send sb away or allow them to leave: At 12 o'clock the class was dismissed.
Longman Dictionary:
(formal) to tell someone that they are allowed to go, or are no longer needed
The class will be dismissed early today.
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| #19 (permalink) Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:40 am Expression: "Let one's students off" |
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I simply didn't find it difficult to imagine how your initial post could be misunderstood. :wink:
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We can't predict everything in life, Amy.
Interesting?
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| Well, not really Amy, I just feel "let us leave" a bit strange because it sounds as if the teacher forced the student to stay everyday, and today he/ she let them leave early. |
Seems it was you who misunderstood. |
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| #20 (permalink) Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:44 am Expression: "Let one's students off" |
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I found these in the OALD and Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English: (the entry of "dismiss")
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to send sb away or allow them to leave: At 12 o'clock the class was dismissed. |
I still think "dismissed" would not be a common statement from schoolchildren. |
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