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Offline sel

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Re: Question about the English language
« Reply #40 on: April 08, 2009, 04:41:33 am »
Thank you for their suggestions  every one! It is like having your personal English teacher.  :D I think I'll have to refrain from posting here daily.
Should I  write something  incomprehensible or repeat the same mistake over and over again, please, do not hesitate to let me know. I won't be upset, on the contrary I'd be very grateful.  :)
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Re: Question about the English language
« Reply #41 on: April 08, 2009, 07:48:50 am »
Sel - you're written english is better than mine and I'm a native speaker! Feel free to post as often or as little as you like!
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Re: Question about the English language
« Reply #42 on: April 08, 2009, 09:58:33 am »
Sel - you're written english is better than mine and I'm a native speaker! Feel free to post as often or as little as you like!

Thank you Kelda. But wait until you've read more of my posts, you might change your mind ...  :laugh:
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Re: Question about the English language
« Reply #43 on: April 09, 2009, 12:26:53 pm »
I have been told that the years from 2000 to 2009 are called the Noughties.
What do you call the years from 2010 to 2019, or, for that metter, from 1910 to 1919?  :)

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Re: Question about the English language
« Reply #44 on: April 09, 2009, 01:12:37 pm »
I have been told that the years from 2000 to 2009 are called the Noughties.
What do you call the years from 2010 to 2019, or, for that metter, from 1910 to 1919?  :)



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Re: Question about the English language
« Reply #45 on: April 09, 2009, 03:31:41 pm »
What do you call the years from 2010 to 2019, or, for that metter, from 1910 to 1919?  :)

The Teens.

Agreed. Though on occasion I hear the period 1910-1919 called "the nineteen-tens."  ???
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Re: Question about the English language
« Reply #46 on: April 09, 2009, 06:39:07 pm »
I have been told that the years from 2000 to 2009 are called the Noughties.
What do you call the years from 2010 to 2019, or, for that metter, from 1910 to 1919?  :)



so this is the last year we get to be naughty??!

 ;) ;)

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Re: Question about the English language
« Reply #47 on: April 09, 2009, 06:51:20 pm »
so this is the last year we get to be naughty??!

 ;) ;)

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Re: Question about the English language
« Reply #48 on: April 09, 2009, 06:54:52 pm »
You better hurry, Jess.  Only 8 1/2 months left!

my husband is gonna be so upset to find this out....

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Re: Question about the English language
« Reply #49 on: April 10, 2009, 02:43:43 am »
Thank you for their help everybody.

so this is the last year we get to be naughty??!

 ;) ;)

We'd better make the most of it then!  :laugh:
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