Thread: [ESL Weblog] Steven Pinker on Language & Thought
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Old 19-Oct-2007, 06:20
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Default Re: [ESL Weblog] Steven Pinker on Language & Thought
1 Far too much hedging and hesitation- was just + maybe + could- three tentative expressions.
2 Awesome- over the top, exaggerated expression for such a small favour
3 This sentence has a sexual undertone- it implies that person is inviting the other into their house to do one thing, while they are planning a seduction.
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