such as I am, like me

[e2e4]

Originally Posted by Soup

Would you like "some fava beans and a nice chianti" with that?

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - Memorable quotes

I'm not sure due to possible stouns in my gall.

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by e2e4

Hey guys are you going to tell me the twos wasn't right? Or maybe you both didn't know the word? Or you are taking me in?

Well, "the two sentences" would have been clearer.

[BobK]

No it wasn't. 'The two' takes no S. Or you could avoid it entirely by saying something like 'Could I use either in either case?'

b

[e2e4]

Originally Posted by Soup

I think he means the two example sentences.
No soup I dare to say you were wrong.
Ron Bee didn't ask about twos from my the very first post under this topic.
You didn't recall my the second twos, Ron Bee probably asked about because you hadn't read carefully my post, since there was no need for you at the time, actually.

Originally Posted by e2e4

Such great links!

The one who told me such as=like probably though it could be too much for me to take care about the slight differences because of the level I am at and maybe there is no need for, it isn't my bread etc.,
There is a very low probability for me to run into someone in the street who would point at the wrong use of the twos and by me, a learner of english, and specially here in Bosnia.
This word in red, Ron Bee probably asked about.
If he had read my text carefully he wouldn't have asked the question, at which you took advance by being thanked by him, because he would have got the meaning as a native one..

Originally Posted by RonBee

Well, "the two sentences" would have been clearer.

Still staying confused and having no idea that soup's answer could be wrong he accepted it and thanked, even. A time has pased and Ron Bee made another mistake in his the last post saying in quoted above. Well, 'the two sentences' would have been clearer.'

The word twos meant both such as and like, in such kind of pair, RonBee.
twos takes plural such as scissors, ones or so.

Example
Look at these guys. These twos are shocked. Indeed, they are.


Now I think you haven't really heard the word (at least for a very long time) I had written down twice, in my first post under this topic but as 007 had said in the film, 'You never know..'



twos amigos

[e2e4]

Originally Posted by BobK

No it wasn't. 'The two' takes no S. Or you could avoid it entirely by saying something like 'Could I use either in either case?'

b

Seems as if twos increased to threes.

[RonBee]

Now I've got it. The twos = the two terms ("such as"; "like")

[BobK]

But 'twos' is vary rarely used*, except when referring to a word ('There are three "twos" in that sentence') or to a number ('Two twos are four').

This example is wrong:

... The word twos meant both such as and like, in such kind of pair, RonBee.
twos takes plural such as scissors, ones or so.

Example
Look at these guys. These twos are shocked. Indeed, they are.
...

The person who said this would probably also say 'youse guys'.

b

PS * It can also, of course, be used with an apostrophe ("Two's company, three's a crowd.")

[e2e4]

Originally Posted by BobK

But 'twos' is vary rarely used*, It isn't forbidden to be used what is rarely used Bob I think. except when referring to a word ('There are three "twos" in that sentence') or to a number ('Two twos are four').

This example is wrong:

The person who said this would probably also say 'youse guys'. Not me BobK.

b

PS * It can also, of course, be used with an apostrophe ("Two's company, three's a crowd."

There was no any need to add this PS.

Is this wrong BobK

We needed help so much.
But people were coming in twos and threes. Then a big group of people appeared.

[e2e4]

Originally Posted by RonBee

Now I've got it. The twos = the two terms ("such as"; "like")

Congratulations!

[stuartnz]

Originally Posted by e2e4

Hey guys are you going to tell me the twos wasn't right?

(not a professional teacher) I would not normally use this word, but I would definitely say that in the context in which you used it, "twos" was simply wrong. It would almost certainly never be used by any native speaker, and I think that most native speakers would struggle to understand what it meant. A careful and detailed repeat reading of the passage would help bring the intended meaning to light, but if any phrase deserved the word "wrong", it would the use of "twos" in this utterly unnatural and nonstandard way. To any native speakers who parsed it correctly on the very first read, my hat is thoroughly doffed in awe of your perspicacity.