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| vaok wrote: |
woman A: I love my husband
woamn B: Me too.
Is "Me too" here proper or funny? |
Hehe. That's ambiguous, too. In theory that "Me, too" could be understood to mean "I love my husband too" or "I love your husband too". 
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| #18 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 15:27 pm Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) |
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| #19 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 15:31 pm Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) |
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| vaok wrote: |
an idea just struck me:
woman A: I love my husband
woamn B: Me too.
Is "Me too" here proper or funny? |
Ahh, well, I think it's really funny, but I imagine Woman A wouldn't find it so, unless she knew that Woman B was a good friend, and just joking.
However, I suppose, if the two women happened to be married to the same man, (as some cultures or religions allow), then it would be perfectly okay for Woman B to say that.
Otherwise, Woman B is declaring that she loves Woman A's husband, and unless they agree to share...then nothing good will come of that comment!!
Still, it'd probably be funny to watch, but that's just me...
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| #20 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 15:39 pm Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) |
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I agree with you, Skrej, that the meaning is "I love him (i.e. your husband) too".
Let's hope if it were simply a case of a grammatical "oops", that it wouldn't result in a catfight.
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| #21 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 17:13 pm Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) |
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| If that sentence is from a test, the author probably wants you to choose option D. |
Maybe not. Many tests of spoken English might expect you to choose either. |
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| #22 (permalink) Wed Oct 08, 2008 19:21 pm Which choice is right, why? (- Grandma, I love you. - ...) |
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| Molly wrote: |
| Many tests of spoken English might expect you to choose either. |
Many might? Or many do? How many is "many"? And do you know whether Vaok's exercise was one of those "many"?
In view of your previous ranting and raving over the general state of ESL, I'm actually rather surprised that you chose to disagree with my use of the word "probably" and have now seemingly decided that the state of ESL is not what you've claimed it is.
That said, it is indeed the case that it is often quite difficult to convince the "powers that be" on this site, for example, that more than one answer needs to be accepted in some of the tests. The vast majority of the tests at english-test.net accept only one "correct" answer -- even if two options are correct and equally valid. 
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