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Does the following sentence sound natural?
She went, “Hey, did you eat yet?”
Does the following sentence sound natural?
She went, “Hey, did you eat yet?”
She went, “Hey, did you eat yet?”
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Replace the word went with said for a better flow
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@studiousboy It’s very bad English but people do say it casually.
And he went “You’re fired!”
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@newenglandgenie What do you mean by “it’s bad English”? So it’s incorrect to use “go” meaning “say”?
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@studiousboy It’s not necessarily incorrect but it’s sloppy. When I was in school my English teacher always told us: if you use the word “go” to mean “say,” people will think you have been educated poorly 🤓😢
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@studiousboy I do hear it fairly frequently. I wouldn’t worry about that. I’m 72 years old and went to school a LONG time ago!!!! 😂😂. You’re good!!
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@newenglandgenie Ah, so nowadays people kind of like to use “go” meaning “say”? It’s kind of common?
@newenglandgenie Ah, so nowadays people kind of like to use “go” meaning “say”? It’s kind of common?
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@studiousboy You’re welcome 💕. Happy to help.
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@newenglandgenie I have another question. Can you help me? Are there some difference between these two?
1. She looked me in the eyes.
2. She looked me in the eye.
1. She looked me in the eyes.
2. She looked me in the eye.
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@newenglandgenie Ok. Then what’s your own preference? You’d be more likely to say 1 or 2?
1. She looked me in the eyes.
2. She looked me in the eye.
1. She looked me in the eyes.
2. She looked me in the eye.
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@newenglandgenie So even though she looked in both of your eyes, “eyes” are plural, you’d still use “she looked me in the *eye*” (the singular form). Thank you!
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@studiousboy Yes, that’s right. She looked me in the eye means she made eye contact.
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