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Hello,

I wonder if some people thanks another people for "making the introduction of the century"? what could it mean? Thanks for writing the introduction of him? or introduce him to the new thing? and why ...of the century...? Pls help.

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It was the greatest introduction made that/this century. If it's a speaker who has just been introduced, they are probably saying it to appear modest after being praised in the introduction.
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Thanks Tdol, u always save me!
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It was the greatest introduction made that/this century. If it's a speaker who has just been introduced, they are probably saying it to appear modest after being praised in the introduction.
It could, depending on context, be a social introduction as well. But Tdol seems to have hit the spot.

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