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Re: OT: Please help!

From:Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
Date:Sunday, January 12, 2003, 16:36
Balazs Sudar wrote:
> > Hi all! > > A friend of mine wrote a lyrics for a song we wanted to finish, but > there's some expressions I'm not sure of (not even that they are > correct). Could you explain, what they mean (If someone could translate > them in German, it's still better) or if not correct, how would be a > correct form?
I'm not sure what your question is, exactly. The English forms are grammatically correct. I'm not sure what you mean by "explain what they mean". Are there some particular phrases you have a problem with?
> 1. "I was told a good many times / When I was a child" > 2. "I waited for answers / And thought to have heard some"
While correct, it sounds slightly funny, "And thought I heard some" would be more natural, but if it's a song, that wouldn't fit, so your form would be acceptable. -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42