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07-Dec-2007, 22:44
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| |  I against stg / I am against stg
Which one is correct? or is there any meaning differences? |
07-Dec-2007, 22:57
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| | Re: I against stg / I am against stg
"I am against something" is correct.
"I against something" has no meaning to a native speaker of English, although if they knew the speaker was not English, they would understand what the speaker was trying to say. |
07-Dec-2007, 23:49
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| | Re: I against stg / I am against stg
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Originally Posted by buggles  "I am against something" is correct.
"I against something" has no meaning to a native speaker of English, although if they knew the speaker was not English, they would understand what the speaker was trying to say. | Buggles,
Your ESP is great! I had no idea what 'stg' means!
Thanks for clarifying the original question!
Cheers,
Amigos4 |
07-Dec-2007, 23:53
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| | Re: I against stg / I am against stg
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Originally Posted by amigos4 Buggles,
Your ESP is great! I had no idea what 'stg' means!
Thanks for clarifying the original question!
Cheers,
Amigos4 |
Maybe it's Turkish-English *lol*.
Thank you both of you ;) |
09-Dec-2007, 20:34
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| | Re: I against stg / I am against stg
Glad to be of assistance, but I'm afraid I'm baffled by "*lol*". |
09-Dec-2007, 20:41
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Sorry in some forums when the users type *lol* automatically this  smiley appears, it didn't appear in here, sorry about confusion. |
09-Dec-2007, 20:53
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Many thanks. |
09-Dec-2007, 21:03
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| | Re: I against stg / I am against stg
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Originally Posted by buggles Glad to be of assistance, but I'm afraid I'm baffled by "*lol*". | I understand **lol**, but I'm afraid I'm baffled by **buggles**! 
(Doesn't the Palace Guard play their 'buggles' when the king and queen arrive at Windsor Castle????)
Cheers,
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09-Dec-2007, 21:56
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| | Re: I against stg / I am against stg
lol = laugh out loud (I think) and I suppose you could say I against the world - or perhaps not.  |
11-Dec-2007, 23:09
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| | Re: I against stg / I am against stg
Amigos4,
Buggles is just my nom-de-plume. I think you're picturing bugles which are kind of small trumpets. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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