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Junkomama
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 Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:17 pm Post subject: omissible? |
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Is "can be" omissible in the following sentence?
She is as well as ca be expected.
Thank you in advance!
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Bob S.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 2:16 pm Post subject: Re: omissible? |
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| Junkomama wrote: |
Is "can be" omissible in the following sentence?
She is as well as can be expected. |
If you drop it, it changes the meaning somewhat, though it would still be correct grammatically.
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Junkomama
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Hello, Bob S.-san.
Thank you so mudh for your replay!!
With regards,
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