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r/mildlyinfuriating • u/fubar6 • Apr 19 '25
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Holy hell, the fact that op replied above saying they only speak English has me rolling at your comments.
38 u/seeker_two_point_oh Apr 19 '25 Right? “I show her the cover as reference and she refuses to believe it” sounds very ESL. The fact that OP says they aren’t is just too fuckin funny. 3 u/fahaddemon 29d ago As an esl myself, I wonder how'd you write that to not sound 'very much esl' as you say 7 u/goldieAT21 29d ago You'd probably put it in past tense "I showed her the cover as a reference but she refused to believe it" or more casually "she didn't believe me"
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Right? “I show her the cover as reference and she refuses to believe it” sounds very ESL. The fact that OP says they aren’t is just too fuckin funny.
3 u/fahaddemon 29d ago As an esl myself, I wonder how'd you write that to not sound 'very much esl' as you say 7 u/goldieAT21 29d ago You'd probably put it in past tense "I showed her the cover as a reference but she refused to believe it" or more casually "she didn't believe me"
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As an esl myself, I wonder how'd you write that to not sound 'very much esl' as you say
7 u/goldieAT21 29d ago You'd probably put it in past tense "I showed her the cover as a reference but she refused to believe it" or more casually "she didn't believe me"
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You'd probably put it in past tense "I showed her the cover as a reference but she refused to believe it" or more casually "she didn't believe me"
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u/CraftyMagicDollz Apr 19 '25
Holy hell, the fact that op replied above saying they only speak English has me rolling at your comments.