#16 (permalink) Sun Jul 13, 2008 15:54 pm Expressions "Turn your hand to" |
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Alan wrote: | I have no wish to get involved in one of your nitpicking discussions
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I can't say I blame you.
Alan wrote: | but then I suppose I'm doing that right now
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I suppose test questions of this kind are all about the student's ability to nitpick; discussing them naturally involves more of the same.
Alan wrote: | And to my simple mind it's either idiomatic or it ain't idiomatic.
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There we differ. I would stick with "not entirely", in this instance.
All the best,
MrP |
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