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[YHJ]

I already asked this question actually.
I just hope I can check one more thinkg.

A:"Let's join that club."
B:"Sound great!"

[When you want say "Sound great." in other words, which one is not correct?] was the question.

1.That sounds great.
2.That's a good idea.
3.All right!
4.You're right.
5.That's wonderful.

That is why I wasn't really happy with "All right.", although some might say "All right." I feel that doesn't have the exact meaning.

*I copied what I asked here and put those on other Koean website where korean English teacher are.
You know, what they say, these thing happen here in Korea a lot.
Imagine lots of kids lived in American or other English speaking countries, they are good at English but they sometimes have no idea what korean english teachers want for answer.
many other teacher also said, 'it is important to know what the teacher's intention about the question to get the mark'.
Isn't it weird?
English should sound to Native English speaker, I think.

I guess there are lots of things in the world, which we can't understand.
And this is one of those to me.

[Lorikeet]

"All right." means "Okay." which is what we use if we agree with the speaker's suggestion. "All right!" makes it more emphatic, and it would match "Sounds great!" better. It's the tone of voice that would make it the same.

Language isn't something that you can easily learn, nor something that everyone (even native speakers) can agree on. Sometimes it's best not to dwell on these little problems. They are not so important in the big picture. (I mean don't spend your time worrying about little things because your main desire is to learn English, which is the big thing. You can do that by listening to people speaking English, reading books, using the Internet, etc.)