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I'd say it like this:
What bothers me is that we can't get back by dark.
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| #3 (permalink) Tue Jun 24, 2008 23:19 pm that's what |
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or:
The fact that we can't get back by dark is what bothers me.
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| #4 (permalink) Tue Jun 24, 2008 23:30 pm that's what |
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| prezbucky wrote: |
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The fact that we can't get back by dark is what bothers me. |
So it doesn't occur in your variant, right? |
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| #5 (permalink) Tue Jun 24, 2008 23:51 pm that's what |
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That depends on what you mean by "variant" -- you mean in my geographical area?
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| #6 (permalink) Tue Jun 24, 2008 23:51 pm that's what |
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I can tell you that I rarely hear constructions akin to the example provided in the initial post of this thread -- it sounds weird.
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| #7 (permalink) Tue Jun 24, 2008 23:56 pm that's what |
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| prezbucky wrote: |
| That depends on what you mean by "variant" -- you mean in my geographical area? |
Could be.
How so? |
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| #8 (permalink) Tue Jun 24, 2008 23:58 pm that's what |
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I don't know how to explain why something sounds weird -- the best explanation I have is that it just does.
It is what it is!
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| #9 (permalink) Wed Jun 25, 2008 0:07 am that's what |
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It is what it is!
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That's what.
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| #10 (permalink) Wed Jun 25, 2008 0:11 am that's what |
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| prezbucky wrote: |
I don't know how to explain why something sounds weird -- the best explanation I have is that it just does.
It is what it is!
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Ok. Thanks.
Just wondering: would "It is what it is it is!" make sense? |
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