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Anonymous
00:30
Hmm, is that dialectal?
Anonymous
I can imagine someone saying it, though I wouldn't expect to find it written very often. I would never say it.
Man_From_India
Man_From_India
01:48
Hmmm not very sure, just I think I saw or heard something like this.
 
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SBM
SBM
04:54
Hello
 
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Jude Niroshan
Jude Niroshan
06:04
Greetings everyone!
SBM
SBM
Hello @JudeNiroshan
Jude Niroshan
Jude Niroshan
Hii
how are you?
SBM
SBM
Good, thanks. What about you?
Jude Niroshan
Jude Niroshan
I'm good too :)
https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/37167742#37167742
@snailplane where are the DamkerngT. M.A.R. userr2684291 ??? I have something to give them... :(
SBM
SBM
Congratulations
I hope everyone is good
Anonymous
06:56
@JudeNiroshan Damkerng has been gone for a while. We all hope he's okay and doing well. MAR disappears from time to time for school – I assume he's busy right now. Userr has been around recently, though they might not be here right at the moment.
Anonymous
@Man_From_India I think everyone would say them all.
Anonymous
But I'm not sure everyone would say these all in that position. Hmm.
Anonymous
I can believe someone would say it, though.
SBM
SBM
07:13
Agreed
 
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Jude Niroshan
Jude Niroshan
08:15
@snailplane Thanks for that information. Please tell them if they are here; I'm looking for them
 
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Man_From_India
Man_From_India
11:31
@snailplane still in office, but I have checked COCA and it seems that usage is in use. But I have to check the results individually after returning home.
 
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SBM
SBM
13:14
@Man_From_India COCA?
Man_From_India
Man_From_India
14:04
Corpora for AmE
SBM
SBM
@Man_From_India AmE as in American English?
Catija
Catija
14:56
@Man_From_India But that doesn't include the "there is"... which is the part that really bothers me. I'm not saying I would say "they cleaned these all" - I'd prefer "They cleaned all [of] these"... but "They cleaned these all there is" makes little sense.
Man_From_India
Man_From_India
15:27
@Catija that's right. I think the part of oddness comes from that "these" and "there is". Both seems to be redundent in terms of meaning.
SBM
SBM
Isn't that supposed to be redundant?
I'm sorry I'm not accustomed to spell words properly
Man_From_India
Man_From_India
I am on the same boat with you :-) my only reason of asking this question was that "these all" and "there is".
@SBM in this case it looks like that, IMO.
SBM
SBM
I think Catija's suggestion sounds better to be honest
Man_From_India
Man_From_India
@SBM nods
But I was learning "there is", and "all these", "these all". So was toying with these phrases.
@SBM right.
Is there any good question today on ELL?
SBM
SBM
I haven't answered a single question yet on ELL because I don't feel like answering them for some reason
Man_From_India
Man_From_India
15:36
hmmm
 
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Feeds
Feeds
18:07
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Q: "He committed a crime killing/by killing a bird"

iqHpiWhich wording with kill should be used here: He committed a crime _____ (kill) a bird. My guess is the answer would be by killing. But I am really confused with the answer killing. My questions relating to this sentence are: Which one is correct and why? (or are they both correct?) If o...

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