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Old 02-Mar-2006, 23:08
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Hello,
I'm new. And I have a question. What do you mean the last sentence(bold words)?(Passive voice or what?)


"What sort of problems do you have? Any situations need clearing up? Difficulties removed?"
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Hello,
I'm new. And I have a question. What do you mean the last sentence(bold words)?(Passive voice or what?)
"What sort of problems do you have? Any situations need clearing up? Difficulties removed?"
got over your problems. The problem you had does not exist any more.
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"With your reputation you'd be unwise to"


Well, what do you mean this sentence? I have no idea its grammer.
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It's ellipsis- something is missing that has already been referred to:
With your reputation you'd be unwise to (do what we are talking about)
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