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  1. 02-Nov-2020, 14:22 #31
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    Re: "Where! Where!" - the Chinese self-effacing word that misleads native English spe

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    Re: "Where! Where!" - the Chinese self-effacing word that misleads native English spe

    It occurs to me that we would have understood the expression more quickly if were "Where? Where?" instead of "Where! Where!"
    I'm not a teacher. I speak American English. I've tutored writing at the University of Southern Maine and have done a good deal of copy editing and writing, occasionally for publication.
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