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Old 25-Jan-2006, 16:43
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Default Re: Asking a question on the colour of an object...
We have less flexibility in english because we don't have much agreement between words. Things like 'No chance of what?' are fine in colloquial use, but 'coat of what colour' wouldn't work.
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