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missdaredevil
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 Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 8:57 pm Post subject: a strange dialogue |
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A:Sorry we only accept 50-dollar RMB bills.
B:Will I get my change?
A: Yes, but it is only in Hong Kong dollars.
Is that dialogue correct? |
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damon@English24/7
Joined: 25 Aug 2006
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Location: Vancouver Canada
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| Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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Close, but...
"Yes, but it will be only in Hong Kong dollars"
or
"Yes, but only in Hong Kong dollars."
If you want to be picky, you also need a comma (,) after sorry.
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Jeeves
Joined: 02 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 12:57 am Post subject: |
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Yes, this is strange.
B:Will I get my change?
"my" is not necessary in this sentence. It is obvious whose the change is.
"Will I get any change?" or "Will I get change?" is better.
damon's right on the other one |
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damon@English24/7
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| Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:36 am Post subject: |
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| I agree that the way Jeeves writes the second sentence is better, but the original way is not wrong. |
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WhyD
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| Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 2:05 am Post subject: Good... |
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