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Thread: It kept on crashing for me!
- 19-Apr-2004, 10:30 #1P. Fogg Guest
It kept on crashing for me! What is the meaning of the sentence "It kept on crashing for me!"?
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- 19-Apr-2004, 12:00 #2
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Teacher I presume it means that the computer kept crashing (when it stops working). Without more context, I assume it's a computer as they are the most common things that can keep on crashing.
- 19-Apr-2004, 13:37 #3
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Teacher Hopefully, it wasn't a car. :wink:
Originally Posted by tdol I presume it means that the computer kept crashing (when it stops working). Without more context, I assume it's a computer as they are the most common things that can keep on crashing.
- 20-Apr-2004, 02:09 #4WASTHEBEST Guest Re: It kept on crashing for me! "For me" specifies that it was crashing on your behalf; since that is unlikely, the more appropriate sentence would be: Originally Posted by P. Fogg
"It kept crashing on me!"
- 20-Apr-2004, 04:47 #5P. Fogg Guest No, it wasn´t a car. It was a computer. Originally Posted by MikeNewYork Hopefully, it wasn't a car. :wink: Originally Posted by tdol I presume it means that the computer kept crashing (when it stops working). Without more context, I assume it's a computer as they are the most common things that can keep on crashing.
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- 20-Apr-2004, 07:38 #6
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Teacher You're welcome.
- 20-Apr-2004, 16:02 #7
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Teacher You're welcome. Originally Posted by P. Fogg No, it wasn´t a car. It was a computer. Originally Posted by MikeNewYork Hopefully, it wasn't a car. :wink: Originally Posted by tdol I presume it means that the computer kept crashing (when it stops working). Without more context, I assume it's a computer as they are the most common things that can keep on crashing.
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Thanks for your answers.
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- 20-Apr-2004, 16:04 #8
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Teacher Re: It kept on crashing for me! That reading of "for" is certainly possible. It is also possible to read that "for me" as "when I was using it" (as opposed to when someone else was using it"). :wink: Originally Posted by WASTHEBEST "For me" specifies that it was crashing on your behalf; since that is unlikely, the more appropriate sentence would be: Originally Posted by P. Fogg
"It kept crashing on me!"
- 20-Apr-2004, 20:39 #9
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Teacher People often feel that a computer has a grudge against them as an individual and reserve crashes especially for them. It's a kind of anthropomorphism.
- 20-Apr-2004, 20:47 #10
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Teacher With some folks, it does seem to be true. :? Originally Posted by tdol People often feel that a computer has a grudge against them as an individual and reserve crashes especially for them. It's a kind of anthropomorphism.
