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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:57 pm Post subject: were you told... |
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1.Were you told about her resignation?
2.Were you told that she would resign?
3.Was the fact that she would resign told to you?
4.Did she tell you that she would resign? |
1.Do they make sense?
2.Are they the same meaning?
3.As a native speaker, which one do you think is the best expression?
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Bob S.
Joined: 29 Apr 2004
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Location: So. Cal
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| Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:03 am Post subject: Re: were you told... |
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| Chan-Seung Lee wrote: |
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1.Were you told about her resignation?
2.Were you told that she would resign?
3.Was the fact that she would resign told to you?
4.Did she tell you that she would resign? |
1.Do they make sense? |
Yes, they all make sense and are grammatically fine.
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| 2.Are they the same meaning? |
No. Each has a subtle different meaning (though 2 and 3 basically mean the same thing).
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| 3.As a native speaker, which one do you think is the best expression? |
All are fine depending on the context, though #3 is too wordy for common speech (you might hear it in a formal courtroom setting).
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