A few problem sentences

[Casiopea]

Yep, get them (teabags) sent from home. ;)

Recently had a shipment of Mars bars, too.

I could send you some Mars bars from Japan, if you'd like.

:D

[Eway]

Wow~~thank you all for your kind replies from China, Japan and so on.
Just to make sure about Sentence 5.
So "I got conned by a manipulative salesman hawking amulets" simply means "I got conned by a salesman who sells amulets"??
And...is Sainsbur's tea different from Tesco's tea or Safeway's tea? :P

[RonBee]

Wow~~thank you all for your kind replies from China, Japan and so on.
Just to make sure about Sentence 5.
So "I got conned by a manipulative salesman hawking amulets" simply means "I got conned by a salesman who sells amulets"??

Yes, although I probably wouldn't put it that way. I'd probably say, "I got conned by a guy selling amulets."

And...is Sainsbur's tea different from Tesco's tea or Safeway's tea? :P

Probably. (Shane would have a better idea of that than I.)

Welcome to our friendly forum!

[shane]

No tea in China?

Plenty of it, but believe me, there's nothing more annoying than swallowing a mouthful of big petals or berries when all you want is the tea. :wink:

I could send you some Mars bars from Japan, if you'd like.

You can get Mars bars in Japan?? All I can get here are Snickers.

And...is Sainsbury's tea different from Tesco's tea or Safeway's tea?

In my experience, not much different at all. :D

[Eway]

[quote="shane"]

No tea in China?

Plenty of it, but believe me, there's nothing more annoying than swallowing a mouthful of big petals or berries when all you want is the tea. :wink:

Ah, isn't there any tea bags at all in China?
Or you'd like to swim across the strait.
We do have them in bags or powder over here. :D

And, just one more problem sentence--
In "This is Mr. X, who'll be serving as the new department head as of today",
what's that "as of"?
Does it mean Mr. X is serving only for toady or Mr. X starts to be serving from today?
Thanks!!

[shane]

Ah, aren't there any tea bags at all in China?

There are, but they are bags of Liptons tea, and as everyone knows, Liptons is horrible. ;)

In "This is Mr. X, who'll be serving as the new department head as of today",
what's that "as of"?
Does it mean Mr. X is serving only for toady or Mr. X starts to be serving from today?
Thanks!!

'As of today' = 'From today onwards'.

:)

[Tdol]

Liptons tea- arrrrrrgh. It's ghastly.

[wenxian]

shane
Good good study ,day day up!
I like it!

[Tdol]

I like it too- we'll have to adopt it in English.