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Junkomama
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 Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 4:42 pm Post subject: way of speaking |
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Hello, teachers.
"His roundabout way of speaking always irritates me."
Is it possible to change this sentence to
"I always get irritated when I listen to his talk/way of speaking. ?
Thank you in advance!
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Lorikeet
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| Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Why do you want to drop the "roundabout way of speaking?" That is the part that is irritating. He never gets to the point directly. |
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Junkomama
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| Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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Hello, Lorikeet-san.
Thank you so much for your quick answer!
Sorry that I made a mistake in my second sentence!
I should have written "I always get irritated when I listen to his talk/way of speaking, because it is very indirect."
And I'd like to know "listen to his talk/way of speaking" is acceptable or not.
Regards,
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Lorikeet
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| Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Ah. Well, "listen to his way of speaking" is acceptable to me, although I probably wouldn't use it, since it adds a lot of words that aren't necessary. I don't think I'd use "talk". |
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Junkomama
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| Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 1:46 am Post subject: |
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Thank you again for your answer, Lorikeet-san!!
Regards,
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