Can you say: It's weird how/that you've asked me to be your boyfriend. Are both oka

[B45]

Can you say: It's weird how/that you've asked me to be your boyfriend.

Are both okay?

 

[MikeNewYork]

Yes, but they have different meanings for me.

With "how" it refers to the method; with "that" it refers to the fact.

 

[Gorkem Atay]

Yes, but they have different meanings for me.

With "how" it refers to the method; with "that" it refers to the fact.

What about; ''The way you have asked me to be your boyfriend is weird''. Is it okay to refer to the method also?

 

[MikeNewYork]

Yes.

 

[emsr2d2]

If what you actually think is weird is the way, then yes. I am intrigued to know what kind of weird ways a girl or boy might use to ask someone to be her/his boyfriend.

 

[tzfujimino]

I am intrigued to know what kind of weird ways a girl or boy might use to ask someone to be her/his boyfriend.

So am I.
I'd like to try it/them.:-D

 

[Tdol]

With "how" it refers to the method

It could refer to the fact to me as well.

 

[MikeNewYork]

When I was in school, the teachers beat that use of "how" out of us. (figuratively)

 

[B45]

If what you actually think is weird is the way, then yes. I am intrigued to know what kind of weird ways a girl or boy might use to ask someone to be her/his boyfriend.

The girl asked my friend to get her a work visa so she can stay in the country and she's offering to be his girlfriend...

 

[MikeNewYork]

That is not only weird, it might be illegal.

 

[emsr2d2]

It's illegal but not very unusual or weird (in the UK, at least). Well, using a work visa to do it is a little unusual. Normally (if that's the right word), a foreign national pays a UK citizen a large sum of money to get married so that the foreign national can get a "spouse" visa. It's called a "marriage of convenience".