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    From Alexander Koryagin@2:221/6 to All on Wed Jan 10 12:14:04 2024


    Hi, All!

    ....
    "The sound of the alam clock is like the sound of a gunshot fo me!"
    "Does it rise you up?"
    "No, I lie as dead".

    or "a dead"? ;-)

    Bye, All!
    Alexander Koryagin

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  • From Gleb Hlebov@2:5023/24.4222 to Alexander Koryagin on Thu Jan 11 08:38:54 2024
    Hi Alexander,

    Wed 10 Jan 2024 12:14 :: you <2:221/6> -> All:

    "The sound of the alam clock is like the sound of a gunshot fo me!"
    "Does it rise you up?"
    "No, I lie as dead".
    or "a dead"? ;-)

    The correct one would be "to lie dead" AFAIK.

    "Name" "Ivan Kuroedov"
    "Married?" "No, in was a car incident".

    It's "an accident".


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  • From Anton Shepelev@2:221/1 to Alexander Koryagin on Mon Jan 15 15:29:52 2024
    Alexander Koryagin:

    "No, I lie as dead".

    or "a dead"? ;-)

    /to lie as dead/ is correct, and so is /to like as one
    dead/. /to lie as a dead/ is incorrect.

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  • From Ardith Hinton@1:153/716 to Alexander Koryagin on Wed Jan 17 23:56:13 2024
    Hi, Alexander! Recently you wrote in a message to All:

    "The sound of the alam clock is like the sound of a
    gunshot fo me!"


    Uh... still wondering about your problems with quoting. It seems you omitted a couple of letters here, but Gleb & I quoted exactly what we saw. :-Q



    "Does it rise you up?"
    "No, I lie as dead".

    or "a dead"? ;-)


    We speak of the dead as those who are no longer alive & we also speak of the dead of night... but I've yet to see this word used as a noun with a(n).

    We might say a piece of electrical or electronic equipment is as dead as a doornail if we see & hear no sign of life. But in this case I'm using the word as an adjective, which you evidently did in your example. I might say you were dead to the world if you were still breathing but did not respond when the alarm clock went off or you didn't respond when others tried to wake you. :-))




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  • From Gleb Hlebov@2:5023/24.4222 to Ardith Hinton on Fri Jan 19 15:29:54 2024
    Hi Ardith,

    Wed 17 Jan 2024 23:56 :: you <1:153/716> -> Alexander Koryagin:

    Hi, Alexander! Recently you wrote in a message to All:

    "The sound of the alam clock is like the sound of a
    gunshot fo me!"
    Uh... still wondering about your problems with quoting. It seems you omitted a couple of letters here, but Gleb & I quoted
    exactly what we saw. :-Q

    Could be just sloppy typing. Which may happen at times to us all. :-)


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