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Hi Conchita,
Yes, you're right the first meaning refers to health. We say fruit is good for you as you can see in the expression: An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Grammar is good for you is obviously written/said in a joking/ironic way.
Just some thoughts
P S I added 'the apple a day' saying because I know you like collecting phrases!
Alan
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| #3 (permalink) Sun Jan 08, 2006 17:54 pm All this hurrying can't be good for you |
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Really, Alan, you must have broken your own record! I had hardly finished sending my question when I got your answer. What are you doing working on a Sunday, anyway? ( :P ). British weather must be up to its old tricks again -- not that it's any better down here, mind you.
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Jan 09, 2006 16:38 pm What are you doing + ing? |
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| What are you doing working on a Sunday, anyway? |
This sentence doesn't sound like very good English to me now. I think I've just translated it literally from the Spanish and French way of putting it. Shouldn't it be: 'How come you are working on a Sunday?' or 'Why are you working...?'. However, these don't imply what I really meant, which was: 'Why aren't you doing anything more interesting?'. Or maybe it is good English after all. :? |
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| #5 (permalink) Mon Jan 09, 2006 17:25 pm Good English |
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Hi Conchita,
I don't know what you're worrying about - it's perfectly acceptable and idiomatic. Quite honestly, I'm very impressed with the ease with which you write English.
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