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Bn77 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

could have sworn

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00M: I got here an hour ago. What took you so long?02br
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00W: I said around six, didn't I?02br
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00M: No, you said five.02br
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01b01font00W: Really? I could have sworn I said six.02font02b02br
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00In this conversation, the last sentence " really? I could have sworn I said six" is grammatically correct? if yes, what does it exactly mean?02br
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00W: I can't wait until my kids return to school/02br
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00M:_01i00________________________________02i02br
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00(A) I understand. it 's a handful haing them home.02br
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00(B) Their school break starts soon, doesn't it?02br
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00(C) The teacher is really good, isn't she?02br
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00(D) You'll need some help with that. 02br
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00-the answer is (a) but to me, (d) seems to be also a possible answer,,,, can anybody explain why (d) can's be a correct choice?0-
  

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02br 001-- It is correct. 02br 02br 002-- D does not make sense to me. '01i 00Help with02i 00' what?

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001-- It is correct. 01i00 I could have sworn = I certainly thought02i00.02br
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002-- D does not make sense to me. '01i00Help with02i00' what? What do you think '01i00that02i00' refers to?0-
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1i00I could have sworn = this means strictly that in the 01b00imaginary02b00 situation in which someone 01b00had asked02b00 that question, I would have been able to guarantee/sworn 02i0-
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01cite10Bn7712cite10Really? I could have sworn I said six.12blockquote
10 Is that true? I was very certain that I (had) said six.02br
00swear (swore, sworn) -- to affirm with great conviction02br
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