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Old 26-Nov-2006, 22:40
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Default Re: See you later
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Originally Posted by dinha View Post
When the speaker after a conversation says: " So, I will see you later!" his tone of voice was emphatic the sentence does not mean only bye right ?
The speaker used the words so and will in the sentence which by my understanding means that the person expects to see the person addressed soon. Am I correct ?

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I think you are, Dinha, if I read you correctly. With the addition of 'so' and 'will' and a change in emphasis, the sentence doesn't, IMHO, mean 'bye' or 'catch you again'. It means, "I expect to see you sometime later".
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