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Thread starter Anatoly
Start date May 31, 2003

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Anatoly

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May 31, 2003

#1

Hello!
Do the sentences imply the same:
"This text requires attentive reading" and
"One should read the text closely"?
Thanks in advance!
:?:

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Tdol

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May 31, 2003

#2

They do, but the first doesn't sound natural at all to me. ;-)

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Anatoly

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Jun 1, 2003

#3

tdol said:
They do, but the first doesn't sound natural at all to me. ;-)

Thank you, Tdol!

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Tdol

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Jun 1, 2003

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Anatoly said:
tdol said:

They do, but the first doesn't sound natural at all to me. ;-)

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Thank you, Tdol!

Not at all. ;-)

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