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02:05 Aug 2, 2017 |
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO] General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / time | |||||||
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| Selected response from: David Hollywood Local time: 11:05 | ||||||
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5 +9 | on Thursday evening |
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Discussion entries: 8 | |
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thursday on Thursday evening Explanation: he's flying down sometime on Thursday evening -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 39 mins (2017-08-02 02:45:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- and asking the other person to book the flight -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 41 mins (2017-08-02 02:47:40 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- it refers to the take off time and he/she is asking the other person to do the booking of the flight -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 45 mins (2017-08-02 02:51:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- there is a certain ambiguity in "please book that" which could mean "you arrange the flight" or "these are my plans" so you will have to check back to what's happening -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 47 mins (2017-08-02 02:53:20 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- in standard English and as a native speaker I would say it means he's asking the other person to book the flight (but it is rather ambiguous) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 48 mins (2017-08-02 02:54:16 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "book that" could mean "take note of that" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 49 mins (2017-08-02 02:54:58 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- so putting my confidence level down to 4 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 52 mins (2017-08-02 02:58:13 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- if "book that" doesn't mean "reserve", it means "put that on your agenda" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 52 mins (2017-08-02 02:58:45 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- will depend on the circumstances -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2017-08-02 03:41:40 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- who knows what's going on between the parties involved .... might be food for a movie |
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