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Do these sentences share the completely same meaning?
1)He helped me climb the stairs by propping me up with his shoulder.
2)He helped me to climb the stairs by propping me up with his shoulder.
Thanks in advance.
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informal Thanks in advance Omo
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Cool Breeze wrote:Hi OmoThere is no hard and fast rule for this. You can normally omit the conjunction that when no pause is needed in speech for the listener to understand what is being said, which in effect means you can omit that almost always.CB
Thanks for the answer, CB!
I've understood...
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ie) I think that he is innocent. VS I think he is innocent.
I'm sure that he will come here VS I'm sure he will come here etc.
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Mister Micawber wrote:I think is the most formal and I reckon is the least.
Thanks for clearing it up, Mr. Micawber. And what a coincidence! My hometown is Yokohama and I still live here.
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"I think", "I guess" and "I reckon"(not the meaning of to calculate) share the almost same meaning, I think. If so, what kind of nuance do they have?
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Feebs11 wrote:No theory that I am aware of.These phrases develop through use and custom.
Thanks for the response, Feebs11.
I need to fix them one by one in my mind.
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English has a lot of set phrases with no article. eg)"on foot", "in context", "go to school", "play piano" and etc.
What sort of theories exist behind the phenomenon? Would you tell me your opinion?
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