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RedRose
Joined: 21 May 2004
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Location: GuangZhou, China
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 Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 9:14 am Post subject: Kill virus |
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days ago, I chatted with a Arabian guy via MSN, he asked me:"what are you doing?"
I answered:"I am killing virus in my computer!" he laughed, and he said:"I bet your sentence is wrong! you should say I am removing viruses from my computer!"
Why was it wrong? Kill virus, I thought, means make viruses dead.
can you tell me?
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Bob S.
Joined: 29 Apr 2004
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Location: So. Cal
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| Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 9:55 am Post subject: Re: Kill virus |
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| RedRose wrote: |
"I am killing virus in my computer!" he laughed, and he said:"I bet your sentence is wrong! you should say I am removing viruses from my computer!"
Why was it wrong? Kill virus, I thought, means make viruses dead.
can you tell me? |
In colloquial English, what you said is fine: killing a virus/killing viruses.
If you wanted to get reaallly nit-picking technical, you are not removing the viruses either. "Removing" implies they are going someplace else. Technically, you are erasing them. But killing works just fine. |
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RedRose
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| Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 10:05 am Post subject: |
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| thank you, dear Bob. |
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juhainah
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| Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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what a great coincidence!!! are you RedRose who is a member at EC?  |
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RedRose
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| Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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| juhainah wrote: |
| what a great coincidence!!! are you RedRose who is a member at EC? |
wow! sweetie! it is you! I can't believe that!!!
How did find here? I am so ecstatic!!! |
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juhainah
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| Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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| RedRose wrote: |
| juhainah wrote: |
| what a great coincidence!!! are you RedRose who is a member at EC? |
wow! sweetie! it is you! I can't believe that!!!
How did find here? I am so ecstatic!!! |
I just sent you a pm as reply for your post  |
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