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 #2 (permalink) Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:25 am Meaning of "to finally tie the knot"? |
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It means to get married.
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| #3 (permalink) Sun Jun 21, 2009 16:19 pm Meaning of "to finally tie the knot"? |
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Hey,
I'm quite sure I've spotted two mistakes in the conversation: 1) I think it has to be "fiancée" instead of "fianc" and 2) Either "What is the customer going to do in Las Vegas?" or "Why is the customer going to Las Vegas?
Since this forum attaches great importance to correctness and precision I think they should be corrected unless of course I'm wrong! |
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:44 am Meaning of "to finally tie the knot"? |
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Hello Nathanael86,
Torsten makes it a point to regularly remind forum members about sentence basics such as correct capitalization, punctuation and spelling. So it does seem that correctness and precision are important here, doesn't it?
| Quote: | | 1) I think it has to be "fiancée" instead of "fianc" and 2) Either "What is the customer going to do in Las Vegas?" or "Why is the customer going to Las Vegas? |
I'd say you are absolutely right about the errors in this test, and you've made excellent suggestions.
1) As far as I know, the word "fianc" does not exist in the English language. The word "fiancée" would be an appropriate correction -- despite the fact that my spell-checker is telling me that "fiancée" should be spelled either "fiance" or "fiancee". 8)
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fiancee
2) Either one of your suggested sentences would be an appropriate correction.
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| #5 (permalink) Mon Jun 22, 2009 13:03 pm Meaning of "to finally tie the knot"? |
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Hi Amy and Nathan,
Thank you very much for your great support. Of course we'll remove those typos as soon as possible.
Best regards,
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| #6 (permalink) Thu Apr 08, 2010 16:56 pm Meaning of "to finally tie the knot"? |
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The typo is still there, lol
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| #7 (permalink) Thu Apr 08, 2010 17:16 pm Meaning of "to finally tie the knot"? |
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| Esl_Expert wrote: | 1) As far as I know, the word "fianc" does not exist in the English language. The word "fiancée" would be an appropriate correction -- despite the fact that my spell-checker is telling me that "fiancée" should be spelled either "fiance" or "fiancee". 8)
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fiancee
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Fiancé - male
Fiancée - female.
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| #8 (permalink) Thu Apr 08, 2010 21:10 pm Meaning of "to finally tie the knot"? |
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I meant the typo in:
"WHY is the customer going to do in Las Vegas?"
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| #9 (permalink) Wed Dec 19, 2012 11:03 am Re: Meaning of "to finally tie the knot"? |
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Hey Beeesneees,
Could you help me? I read that Torsten said - tie the knot means to get married...
I looked in dictionary, also...
Why, if because someone points on marriage like a "prison" means forever together or?
Thank you
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| #10 (permalink) Wed Dec 19, 2012 12:19 pm Meaning of "to finally tie the knot"? |
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The phrase 'tie the knot' has nothing to do with the ide of being imprisoned. It is not intended to carry any negative connotations. It simply indicates that two people are joined together.
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