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    Default various strange wordings

    Have you ever heard someone say something like "It was mostly because...", "It was more because...", "I kind of don't [verb], or "I pretty much don't [verb]"? If you have, was it a foreigner or a native English speaker that said it?

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    Default Re: various strange wordings

    Native speakers will use those.

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