super_ze1234
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i want to chase flies with my friends
"chase flies" = ?
"chase flies" = ?
are you sure ?? can you give me some references about it ???I guess you are finding the literal meaning implausible. In AmE, it might mean "I want to play baseball with my friends."
Are you sure? Can you give me some references concerning it?
yes, thank you. But i don't know why my sentence "Are you sure?" is wrong ???Please note my corrections to your question.
Yeah dude, I'm sure. I've been speaking American English all my life, 66 years to date. In American slang, chasing flies can mean playing baseball. In my youth I chased a good many flies myself. Can you think of any other interpretation that might make sense?
Yes, thank you. But I don't know why my sentence "Are you sure?" is wrong? [strike]???[/strike]
Oh, yes. I'm sorry. I will follow them. Thanks all.Probus corrected your "Are you sure?" question because you did not start it with a capital letter, you left a space before the question mark and you used three question marks. There are rules in written English and you need to follow them when you post on this forum:
- Start every sentence with a capital letter.
- End every sentence with a single appropriate punctuation mark.
- Always capitalise the word "I".
- Do not put a space before a full stop, comma, question mark or exclamation mark.
- Always put a space after a full stop, comma, question mark or exclamation mark.
I guess you're asking to be challenged whether you are sure if you say "it might mean ..." rather than, say, "In AmE, it would almost certainly mean ..., if it wasn't mean literally." In fact I wasn't sure whether you knew you were right either.I guess you are finding the literal meaning implausible. In AmE, it might mean "I want to play baseball with my friends."