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 #2 (permalink) Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:58 am Can I say that? - He said he didn't know her, which was a lie. |
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Yes that is OK, but perhaps,
"He said he didn't know her, but I knew that was a lie."
sounds a little better.
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| #3 (permalink) Thu Mar 12, 2009 12:54 pm Can I say that? - He said he didn't know her, which was a lie. |
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How about this? --
He was lying when he said he didn't know her.
(As a student of English, I think, it is always helpful to have more than one construct at your disposal. It helps a lot when you write an essay :))
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| #4 (permalink) Thu Mar 12, 2009 15:08 pm Can I say that? - He said he didn't know her, which was a lie. |
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Of course it is Gray.....I do agree with you. If anything, yours sound better than mine.
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| #5 (permalink) Thu Mar 12, 2009 15:38 pm Can I say that? - He said he didn't know her, which was a lie. |
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I think
"He was lying when he said that he didn't know her."
Is there no nead to use "that" |
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| #6 (permalink) Thu Mar 12, 2009 15:47 pm Can I say that? - He said he didn't know her, which was a lie. |
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| Bhushan3134 wrote: |
I think
"He was lying when he said that he didn't know her."
Is there no nead to use "that" |
Did you mean "need"? :mrgreen: j/k ;)
And no, there's no need. But you can use if you want to. :wink: |
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| usage of "at all stages" | Between and among |
