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STEVENSAKURA
Joined: Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:15 pm
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 The food is cold Posted on: Wed Jul 21, 2010 6:04 pm
A: Does your girlfriend have a habit that she reheats the food after it is cold?
B: She just eats it.
A: Wow! That can give her a stomachache.
B: I've advised her a thousand times, but she never listens to me.
- Do these sound natural enough?
Thanks a million!
StevenSakura
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christinecornwall
Joined: Mon May 10, 2010 2:35 am
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Location: upstate New York
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Re: The food is cold Posted on: Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:06 am
It sounds pretty natural to me. I would substitute warned for advised.
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Wizard of Oz
Joined: Sun Jan 02, 2005 6:14 am
Posts: 2207
Location: Newcastle, New South Wales
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Re: The food is cold Posted on: Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:39 pm
.. Steve, I agree with christine's idea and I also have a problem with the initial sentence ..
A: Does your girlfriend have a habit that she reheats the food after it is cold?
.. I would rewrite it as >>
A: Is your girlfriend in the habit of reheating food after it is cold?
WoZ who hates reheated salad
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Erik_Kowal
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Location: USA
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Re: The food is cold Posted on: Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:37 pm
Steven's conversation reminds me of a comment that was allegedly made about the ex-Prime Minister of Britain, Gordon Brown: "When a control freak loses control, all you're left with is the freak".
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