EPTEnglish is a weird language - Page 2
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Wizard
Poland5055 Posts
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Falcynn
United States3597 Posts
"Holy shit, Vallejo is gonna be fucking hot today" instead of "Holy shit it's going to be fucking hot in Vallejo today"...in fact that latter actually seems a bit weird because of the extra words it takes to pretty much say the same thing. I'm not sure about everyone else, but when I speak (as well as alot of people I know) we generally try to say things with the least amount of words possible. | ||
alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
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himurakenshin
Canada1845 Posts
Consider : Four people can sit in the Car -> The Car Seats four people I think that is a more common example which people will be familiar with. edit: damn somebody posted this same shit like a long time ago | ||
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Falcynn
United States3597 Posts
On May 16 2008 22:18 alffla wrote: ^ neither of them sound odd to me though >_<_>~~_<>~_<~ confusion o wells lol, ok it's not really weird, it wouldn't freak me out if someone started talking like that. However it's different from how I'm used to speaking. Or it could just be a California thing, you know because we have to talk really fast to each other while we're passing by on our surfboards while we surf to work  A person can eat this burger. This burger eats a person. I know that's different from what we're talking about (and it should be "This burger feeds a person" anyways), but that phrase just came into my head and I couldn't stop laughing for about 30 seconds for some reason. | ||
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New Zealand6138 Posts
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BroOd
Austin10833 Posts
2. To provide sleeping accommodations for: This tent sleeps three comfortably. | ||
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Nitrogen
United States5345 Posts
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Zortch
Canada635 Posts
Its like...how you talk about tents xD | ||
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ilovezil
United States4143 Posts
On May 16 2008 19:45 infinity21 wrote: This bed fucks two people? HMMM Actually, think about this particular example's inverse. Two people fuck a bed? ~_~ | ||
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MiniRoman
Canada3953 Posts
On May 16 2008 20:46 katona wrote: That's fucking incorrect. Tell your professor to dive into a pile of rusty AIDS-infested needles. rofl stupid. It's correct. It just is. English is weird and its the language with the most expections. | ||
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Random()
Kyrgyz Republic1462 Posts
On May 16 2008 23:25 MiniRoman wrote: It's correct. It just is. English is weird and its the language with the most expections. Most exceptions?  Try Russian  | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
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jello_biafra
United Kingdom6638 Posts
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Luddite
United States2315 Posts
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Falcynn
United States3597 Posts
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MTF
United States1739 Posts
Four people can sit in this car. to This car seats four people. It's just a different way of stating it. I don't believe it is commonplace in many native English speakers minds or dialect, but it is grammatically sound. The only reason I think "this tent sleeps four people" is bugging some people here is that sleep is used as a verb somewhat oddly here. However, it is proper grammatically; it just doesn't automatically make sense without being used to it. The place you're most likely to hear phrases like that is if you're watching TV ads or looking to buy something from a salesperson. In my experience, they use this kind of phrasing fairly often. Edit: Haha, I'm the third person who went directly to the car sentence. | ||
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yenta
Poland1142 Posts
search for "this tent sleeps" on google It would be wrong to say it applies to every verb. | ||
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yenta
Poland1142 Posts
On May 17 2008 00:41 Luddite wrote: No it's fucking wrong. Since when does "sleep" also mean "allow people to sleep in"? It always has, check a dictionary. v. slept (slěpt), sleep·ing, sleeps v. intr. 1. To be in the state of sleep or to fall asleep. 2. To be in a condition resembling sleep. v. tr. 1. To pass or get rid of by sleeping: slept away the day; went home to sleep off the headache. 2. To provide sleeping accommodations for: This tent sleeps three comfortably. 3. To sleep at one's place of employment: a butler and a chauffeur who sleep in. 4. 1. To oversleep: I missed the morning train because I slept in. 2. To sleep late on purpose: After this week's work, I will sleep in on Saturday. 5. To sleep at one's own home, not at one's place of employment. 6. To sleep away from one's home. | ||
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JeeJee
Canada5652 Posts
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