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Itasan
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 Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:11 am Post subject: play a little tennis |
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1. I play a little tennis.
2. I play tennis a little.
Which of the following do they mean?
(a) I have time to play tennis only infrequently.
(b) I am not very good at playing tennis.
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yoongkheong
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| Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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1 b
2 a
That's how i see it |
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Itasan
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:42 am Post subject: |
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| Thank you very much, youngkheong. |
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darrenmichael143
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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Very little difference, in my opinion.
As a native English speaker I am sure the listener would ask you to clarify what you meant if you said one of those expressions, if it was not contectually understood. |
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