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navi



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:16 am    Post subject: like Reply with quote
Which are correct:

1-Those gangsters will kill me like a dog.
2-Those gangsters will kill, me like a dog.

3-Like a dog those gangsters will kill me.
4-Like a dog, those gangsters will kill me.
(They'll kill me as if I was a dog.)

5-Those gangsters will cut my throat like a dog.
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Bob S.



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
1 & 5. 4 is okay but sounds clunky.
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