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John Wainaina
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What does the comment: "You're so smart!" mean? Does it mean one is clever or they're elegant?
See above. Don't use both "one" and "they" in the same sentence to refer to the same unspecified person/people.What does the comment (no colon here) "You're so smart!" mean? Does it mean one is clever orthey'reelegant?
The first time I encountered the second meaning was Kenyans using it on Facebook. They were commenting on a picture somebody had posted.What does the comment: "You're so smart!" mean? Does it mean one is clever or they're elegant?
@John Wainaina Also note that your title doesn't follow the standard preferred format for a thread title. Titles should not be the subject (theme) of the thread, nor should they be a question. If your post includes a sentence for us to look at (as yours does), that should be the title. To clarify, the title of this thread should have been "You're so smart!"Welcome to the forum, John.
There's no need to capitalise all but the small words in your thread title - it's not like the title of a book.
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