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#17 (permalink) Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:23 am stop smoking vs. stop to smoke |
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No, Haihao. That's not English.
Also, it's not, "It ain't no yer biznis!" but, "It ain't none o' yer biznis!" if you want to be correct in your incorrect English. |
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Jamie (K) I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#18 (permalink) Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:43 am stop smoking vs. stop to smoke |
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| But people do reduce "none o'" simply to 'no' in that phrase, don't they? Of course "It ain't none o' yer biznis!" is the best incorrect form. :) |
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Haihao I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#19 (permalink) Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:49 am stop smoking vs. stop to smoke |
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| Haihao wrote: |
| But people do reduce "none o'" simply to 'no' in that phrase, don't they? Of course "It ain't none o' yer biznis!" is the best incorrect form. :) |
They don't reduce "none of" to "no". That's the way many foreigners hear it, but that's not what we do. |
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Jamie (K) I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#20 (permalink) Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:51 am stop smoking vs. stop to smoke |
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I am sorry but how about this one:
A: Gimme a smoke (cigarette), buddy. B: Yer body's rott'n. I tol' ya hundred times you put a... A: A what? B: stop to smoke (cigarette). A: It ain't none o' yer biznis!!
Is this not possible? |
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Haihao I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#21 (permalink) Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:02 am stop smoking vs. stop to smoke |
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| Haihao, just give up this "stop to smoke" phrase. It's just wrong. The rest is okay, but "a stop to smoke" isn't really English -- formal or informal. |
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Jamie (K) I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#22 (permalink) Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:07 am stop smoking vs. stop to smoke |
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| I resign, Jamie, and I know it's wrong... now. Sorry, Jamie. |
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Haihao I'm a Communicator ;-)
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| At versus In (She gave birth to twins at/in a hospital in the French Riviera.) | To get in one's blood |