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Oct 18, 2014 · What I'm saying is that if you use "I can see" it means that by this moment, there's an empty both, but perhaps there won't be none later. On the other hand if you say "I see" it's more common because you can see for instance the sun rising everyday, you see that there many booths but maybe none of them is empty. Yet you're still seeing them.
Oct 23, 2013 · I can only answer from a UK point of view - see you later would be used in all your examples, except No. 4 (unless you'd already scheduled a later meeting) and possibly No. 5, although some people will still say it rather than admit they'd prefer never to see you again,or are not likely to see you again. You wouldn't, though, use 'see you later ...
Feb 26, 2014 · Yes, Wikipedia used "Textese" so I had to use it to say that's what was being discussed. I prefer "textspeak" ("txtspk"), so you'll see I threw it in there :) There are quite a number of different terms in use for it though. –
Sep 6, 2013 · Capable of using both brains (right and left) where the left brain can process in sequence and the right brain can comprehend simultaneously. Leonardo DaVinci was a classic thinker capable of seeing and articulating in multiple dimensions.
Dec 26, 2013 · Can't you hear me? - am I not getting through? Can you not hear me? - is it really true you can NOT hear me? The is it not? is getting on a bit. A little archaic. I would not expect to hear it outside a '50s boarding school movie. Another user for not is this: Can't you do this? - are you not able to do it? Can you NOT do this? - please stop ...
"See you there" focuses on the location, while "see you then" references the meeting time. Personally, I always use the then/there depending on what best suits the situation: If my colleague tends to arrive a few minutes late, I lean towards writing "see you then". If my colleague is new to the company, I write "see you there".
See you all later! See you later, everyone! Here, everyone is a vocative. Compare: See you later, guys/Jim! Welcome, guys/Jim/everyone! (the last being FumbleFingers’ example above) All has a more restricted use as a vocative, for reasons I don’t understand. For instance, Welcome, all! is (for me) ok, but there is a marked contrast between:
Nov 17, 2011 · "See you Monday" is more colloquial. For instance, you would say to a friend "See you Monday!", but if you were making an appointment for something more formal it would be correct to say "See you on Monday". The word "on" is implied in the less formal statement.
Oct 5, 2013 · I happened to find the same “See right through them” phrase in the English version of the teaching of Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969), the founder of Aikido – martial art for self defense derived from Jujutsu. He says: “If your heart is large enough to envelope your adversaries, you can see right through them and avoid their attacks. And ...
Jan 11, 2013 · At merely implies you and the teacher will be in the same place. In would be acceptable if your lesson were a performance, which in a classroom setting it might be. You might find this easier if we contrast "see you at the movie" with "see you in the movie". Having said that, prepositions can behave rather arbitrarily and non-American usage may ...
