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Why cant I say that a window is 'too open'??

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 5:40 pm
by cftranslate
Being a non-native teaching Englsih speakers some student laughed at me when I told some other student to close the window because it was "too open"'. Does is sound that funny?? What can I say instead??

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 6:44 pm
by Lorikeet
Hmm, maybe say, "The window is open too wide." ?

Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 3:50 am
by LarryLatham
...or "open too far." Or even, "too far open."

Larry Latham