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Re: Rating Languages

From:Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...>
Date:Friday, September 28, 2001, 8:14
I use stay for any place like dorms or apartments I have no intention of
living in forever.  I'd even use stay fro the place I'm staying now since I
know I won't be here more than 4 years.

Adam

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>From: Heather Rice <florarroz@...> >Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...> >To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU >Subject: Re: Rating Languages >Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 19:58:54 -0700 > >--- Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> wrote: > > David Peterson wrote: > > > 2.) I'm eating (present/present progressive): > > "What are you doing?" "I'm > > > eating; what's it look like?" > > > > Which can sometimes be used in the future "I'm > > leaving tomorrow at noon" > > or as a habitual "He's going to school at UF" > > > > Speaking of English, has anyone else encountered "be > > staying" for > > "live"? E.g., "I'm staying at the Avenues [an > > apartment complex]" I > > don't think I've encountered it used for a place > > that you own, it might > > be restricted to rental situations. Still, I'd use > > "live" in those > > cases. > >I can't recall anything specific, but I seem to >remember being asked "Where are you staying" a few >times by non-native speakers of English. I too >wondered at the semantical differences between live >and stay, because it made me feel so awkward. I felt >like answering "I'm not "staying" anywhere, I *live* >at . . ." and every time they asked me, I kept having >to remember to answer what they meant, not what they >said (to my mind). > >I agree about using "live" for an apartment. I use >staying for more like a temporary situation. "We're >staying at such and such hotel. We stayed at John >Doe's house. etc" > >Funny, such little things. > >HEather > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. >http://phone.yahoo.com
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