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Tony 1963
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 Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 4:49 pm Post subject: why "That's" instead of "this's"? |
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Hi there,
When astronaut Neil Armstrong was walking on the moon, he said, "that's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
Here why did he use "that's" instead of "this's"?
Thanks.
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Lorikeet
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| Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 10:50 pm Post subject: Re: why "That's" instead of "this's"? |
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| Tony 1963 wrote: |
Hi there,
When astronaut Neil Armstrong was walking on the moon, he said, "that's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
Here why did he use "that's" instead of "this's"?
Thanks.
Tony |
Well I thank you for your question, because I always thought he said, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" but actually there is a lot of discussion about whether or not he added the "a" before man. https://www.space.com/neil-armstrong-first-words-on-moon.html
We don't write "this's" but my guess is he used "that's" instead of "this is" because it was right after he stepped. It's hard to tell from the recording. |
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Tony 1963
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| Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2019 3:04 am Post subject: Thank you Lorikeet. It helps. |
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| Thank you Lorikeet. It helps. |
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