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jays
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 Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:46 pm Post subject: I was serious to tell the story. |
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Is the following sentence correct?
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I was serious to tell the story. |
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Anuradha Chepur
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beancurdturtle
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| Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:38 pm Post subject: Re: I was serious to tell the story. |
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| jays wrote: |
Is the following sentence correct?
--- the following -----
I was serious to tell the story. |
More context would be helpful.
You may be trying to say "I was serious when telling the story." Which is quite different than "I was serious about telling the story." But we don't know without context.
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