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Re: OT: For information only !

From:Christian Thalmann <cinga@...>
Date:Tuesday, June 15, 2004, 17:46
--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Philippe Caquant <herodote92@Y...>
wrote:

> > This took some decoding. This is one of those > > places where getting > > the idiom wrong reverses the meaning: "don't care > > to be X" means > > "strongly object to being X", whereas "don't care > > about being X" > > means "are indifferent to being X". You plainly (in > > hindsight) > > wrote the first and meant the second. > > Quite so. I could have noticed it myself if I had > re-read my message carefully. Have to work more if I > want to try the TOEFL :-(
That sounds more like CPE stuff to me. It tends to go heavy on idioms. The TOEFL should be a piece of cake for you. -- Christian Thalmann