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Chan-Seung Lee



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:06 pm    Post subject: once Reply with quote
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1.I wasn't really confident of my English in the beginning, but everything turned out great once I realized that people in Canada were really nice.
2.I wasn't really confident in my English in the beginning, but everything turned out great after I realized that people in Canada were really nice.


I saw #1 in a book. But I don't think that #1 is correct grammatically.
Instead, I think #2 right. Could you tell me if I am wrong?
If #1 is correct, can you paraphrase #1?

Thanks.
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Mister Micawber



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Both are correct and have the same meaning.
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