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echo: english_tutor
to: ANTON SHEPELEV
from: DALLAS HINTON
date: 2020-06-28 05:44:00
subject: for discussion

Hi Anton -- on Jun 28 2020 at 13:30, you wrote:

 >> Here's one for the non-native English Speakers:
 >>
 >> Discuss the difference between "Its getting colder" and "Its
 >> getting cooler". For bonus marks, discuss the difference between
 >> "Its getting..." and "It's getting...."

AS> I noticed the confused participle without the hint. You ought to
AS> have reserved it as a surprise for the first responder who missed
AS> the misssing apostrophe:

Yes, but there's more in that question! :-)



Cheers... Dallas

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