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echo: english_tutor
to: DALLAS HINTON
from: ALEXANDER KORYAGIN
date: 2020-06-28 18:12:00
subject: for discussion

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TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2020-04-15

Hi, Dallas Hinton -> All!
I read your message from 28.06.2020 01:15

 DH> Here's one for the non-native English Speakers:

 DH> Discuss the difference between "Its getting colder" and "Its
 DH> getting cooler". For bonus marks, discuss the difference
 DH> between "Its getting..." and "It's getting...."


"Its getting" probably can also be treated as a gerund phrase.

"Several hundred years ago the climate became colder. Its getting colder
prompted Vikings to leave Greenland."

No comment about cold/cool. ;)

Bye, Dallas!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2020

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