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 #2 (permalink) Tue Jul 08, 2008 13:08 pm "...dropped it like it was ...", isn't it? |
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Right you are, Englishholic. The sentence should be:
- He tried handing the summons to his boss but his boss dropped it like it was a hot potato.
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| #3 (permalink) Tue Jul 08, 2008 14:16 pm "...dropped it like it was ...", isn't it? |
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Did you fix that, Yank?
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| #4 (permalink) Tue Jul 08, 2008 14:52 pm "...dropped it like it was ...", isn't it? |
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Did you fix that, Yank?
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No, MM, I don't have the ability to change anything in the tests.
As the test sentence stands now, it reads "... dropped it like a it was a hot potato."
The scarlet letter ('a') needs to be removed. 8)
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| #5 (permalink) Tue Jul 08, 2008 22:58 pm "...dropped it like it was ...", isn't it? |
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Thanks. Someone has fixed it then in the database, though it will not appear until the database is reloaded.
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