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Re: the person after me game

Postby dEhiN » 2017-10-05, 21:46

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Osias wrote:Not even "because of, you know, being a bus station."?

In this context, that would make it sound like you were saying the catupiry was a bus station. :lol:

What if he had said "because of, you know, it being a bus station"? For me, even though technically the "it" could refer to the catupiry I would assume the referent is the bus station from earlier. Also, Osias, in a very casual or informal sense, I could also see the phrasing "and because, you know, a bus station" working.
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Re: the person after me game

Postby vijayjohn » 2017-10-05, 22:14

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vijayjohn wrote:
Osias wrote:Not even "because of, you know, being a bus station."?

In this context, that would make it sound like you were saying the catupiry was a bus station. :lol:

What if he had said "because of, you know, it being a bus station"? For me, even though technically the "it" could refer to the catupiry I would assume the referent is the bus station from earlier.

That might work for me, but I'd probably prefer if that was completely rephrased as "it being a bus station and all" (with a comma preceding it, of course) and placed before the first "because."
Also, Osias, in a very casual or informal sense, I could also see the phrasing "and because, you know, a bus station" working.

I could see that working, too, I think.

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Re: the person after me game

Postby Osias » 2017-10-05, 23:43

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The person after me have swore lies but remains alone.

I can't tell what you mean by this.

One can't translate poetry too literally, so let's try again:

The person after me said a lot of "I love you"s for the person they wanted to date, but somehow their lie was detected and they are still dating nobody.
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Re: the person after me game

Postby vijayjohn » 2017-10-06, 0:18

Osias wrote:The person after me said a lot of "I love you"s for the person they wanted to date, but somehow their lie was detected and they are still dating nobody.

You mean "to the person"? No, I don't think I've ever told anybody I love them in a romantic way to begin with. :whistle:

The person after me is a software engineer.

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Re: the person after me game

Postby Osias » 2017-10-06, 2:02

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Osias wrote:The person after me said a lot of "I love you"s for the person they wanted to date, but somehow their lie was detected and they are still dating nobody.

You mean "to the person"?

I can't see the difference.

The person after me is a software engineer.
I refuse to acknowledge my profession as an engineering.

The person after will be the last one to leave the forum today and got to turn the lights off.
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Re: the person after me game

Postby dEhiN » 2017-10-06, 22:02

Osias wrote:
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Osias wrote:The person after me said a lot of "I love you"s for the person they wanted to date, but somehow their lie was detected and they are still dating nobody.

You mean "to the person"?

I can't see the difference.

"To the person" means you said it to that person directly. "For the person" could mean that you said it to someone else, or just out loud. There's no indication or implication of whom you said the "I love you"s to.


I refuse to acknowledge my profession as an engineering


The person after will be the last one to leave the forum today and gothas to turn the lights off.

"Got" implies past tense but since you started with the future, "has" sounds better.
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Re: the person after me game

Postby france-eesti » 2017-10-12, 20:26

Osias wrote:The person after will be the last one to leave the forum today and got to turn the lights off.


I hope not! I'll be asleep long before that! :silly:

The person after me would love to play the saxophone.
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Re: the person after me game

Postby tiuwiu » 2017-11-04, 7:00

I would love to play a second instrument, so why not the saxophone?


The person after me regularly colours or dyes their hair.
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Re: the person after me game

Postby france-eesti » 2017-11-07, 11:06

tiuwiu wrote:I would love to play a second instrument, so why not the saxophone?

Oh great, may I ask what's the first one?

tiuwiu wrote:The person after me regularly colours or dyes their hair.

No, but I curl it.

How does the person after me feel about Paradise Papers?
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Re: the person after me game

Postby tiuwiu » 2017-11-08, 18:01

france-eesti wrote:
tiuwiu wrote:I would love to play a second instrument, so why not the saxophone?

Oh great, may I ask what's the first one?


Piano. :oops: I know it sounds boring but to play it helps me to relax and to clear my mind.


france-eesti wrote:How does the person after me feel about Paradise Papers?


Well actually, I don't know yet but I think rich people always beating the system or taking support from it. It's happened in the past and will be in the future.

The person after me wishes s/he were taller.
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Re: the person after me game

Postby linguoboy » 2017-11-08, 18:52

tiuwiu wrote:I know it sounds boring but to playing it helps me (to) relax and (to) clear my mind.

tiuwiu wrote:Well actually, I don't know yet but I think rich people are always beating the system or takgetting support from it. It's happened in the past and will be in the future.

The person after me wishes s/he were taller.

No, I'm content to be a whisper under six feet.

The person after me wishes they were thicker.
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Re: the person after me game

Postby TheStrayCat » 2017-11-08, 20:50

Thicker mentally - probably yes, it wouldn't hurt me. Physically no, I am fine.

The person after me would like to have a pet elephant.

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Re: the person after me game

Postby france-eesti » 2017-11-10, 21:11

Ah, nah, that's a bit too huge for me... :para:

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Re: the person after me game

Postby dEhiN » 2017-11-10, 23:39

france-eesti wrote:The person after me wishes they could go on shining, shining like brand new.
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Re: the person after me game

Postby IpseDixit » 2017-11-11, 20:07

I wish I could shine like a supernova.

The person after me is a fan of Slavoj Žižek.

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Re: the person after me game

Postby TheStrayCat » 2017-11-11, 23:46

I am not familiar enough with his views to form any personal opinion, unfortunately.

The person after me has a strange hobby, not related to languages, which other people don't always understand.

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Re: the person after me game

Postby france-eesti » 2017-11-12, 11:00

Yes, I am an all-time anorexic, it takes a lot of time to measure and weight everything and calculate every calorie there will be in the dish I'll be eating, + cooking fat and sugary dishes for everyone else. Believe me, it takes the time a real hobby would take :silly:

Though the person after me is a grown-up, they still have a penfriend like when they were at school.
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Re: the person after me game

Postby tiuwiu » 2017-11-12, 13:38

I don't have a pen pal. (and never had a pen pal as a kid.)

The person after me is currently living in an earthquake zone.
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Re: the person after me game

Postby linguoboy » 2017-11-12, 17:26

france-eesti wrote:Yes, I am an all-time anorexic, it takes a lot of time to measure and weight everything and calculate every calorie there will be in the dish I'll be eating, + while cooking fatty and sugary dishes for everyone else. Believe me, it takes the time a real hobby would take

Perhaps you mean "full-time"? "All-time" is used with the meaning "of all time", e.g. "the all-time greatest X" = "the greatest X ever".
tiuwiu wrote:The person after me is currently living in an earthquake zone.

No, but I'm only about 300 km from the edge of one. There have been earthquakes where I live, but I've slept through them all.

The person after me has survived a natural disaster.
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Re: the person after me game

Postby Osias » 2017-11-12, 21:12

I've only seen such disasters on TV. The nearest ones to me :?: were floods in near cities.

The person after me is cooking corn on the cob.
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