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hereinbeijing · Joined: 24 Dec 2007 Posts: 101

In the following sentence, how would you define the meaning of "according to" ? According to Chinese tradition,.....

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johnslat · Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 2:50 pm Post subject:

Dear hereinbeijing,

As Chinese tradition tells us . . .

Chinese tradition holds/states/teaches/ that . . .

Regards,
John

P.S. Oh, by the way, could someone ask me about my wives on another thread? The last one got locked before I could answer.

freesoul · Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 3:26 pm Post subject:

Hi John,

Why Dave suddenly decides to block a certain thread?

Thanks,

F

johnslat · Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 4:21 pm Post subject:

Dear freesoul,
Well it's not really Dave who locks a thread; it's a Moderator. And the usual reason is that in the content someone (or more than one) posted there's something "offensive" or even "libelous" - although if it's bad enough, those threads just "disappear."
Regards,
John

007 · Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 4:47 pm Post subject: Re: a grammar question

sheikh radlinrol · Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 1222 Location: Spain

johnslat · Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 9:57 pm Post subject:

Well, since the OP is hardly likely to get a better answer to the question posed than the one I gave, anyway - why not?
Why did I marry them?
LIke a good lawyer (oxymoron alert), I never ask a question that I don't know the answer to.

Number 1: I married her BECAUSE she was (is?) crazy, which, I know, sounds pretty crazy. Yes, I had what I term "Florence Nightingale Syndrome", which means that I actually thought I COULD SAVE HER FROM HERSELF.
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Let me tell you - in case you don't know already: that NEVER works. It's like diving into the ocean to save someone who's drowning when you can't even swim. The only end result is that you both end up on the bottom.

Number 2: I married her because I'd been alone in Saudi for five years. I met her one summer holiday, spent a fevered week with her, went back, and we got married the next summer.
Everything was perfect - she was a truly lovely, charming, generous lady.
The only problem was that we had NOTHING in common (except s*x), and believe it or not, you need more than just that.
To put it simply - she was a "Jerry Lewis" person. She loved his brand of "comedy." I, on the other hand, find it physically painful to watch Mr. Lewis make an idiot of himself. I'm more of a Woody Allen person.
So, my first wife was too crazy while my second was too sane. Like Goldilocks, however, I've found the third one to be "just right": not TOO crazy, not TOO sane, and we have a LOT in common.
If we're lucky, we learn from our mistakes.
Regards,
John

007 · Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 9:33 am Post subject:

Sheikh N Bake · Joined: 26 Apr 2007 Posts: 1307 Location: Dis ting of ours

%$^& that.