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About different customs
Message from huila posted on 03-11-2009 at 07:25:42 (D | E | F)
Hello,
In western countries, if the host doesn't want the person invited to take the present,is it appropriate to say “You need not bring anything except your mouth, eyes and ears.”or"By the way, you should not bring any present"?
Thank you!

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Edited by lucile83 on 03-11-2009 07:36

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Re: About different customs from seb06000, posted on 03-11-2009 at 10:42:11 (D | E)
hello,

this expression is original but it is grammatically correct. I'm just questioning the use of Should for the second sentence, perhaps Need would be more appropriate

Regards

sebastien

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Re: About different customs from huila, posted on 03-11-2009 at 14:46:13 (D | E)
Thank you for your answer, I agree with you that need may be more appropriate, since now I am doing a research about pragmatic failure, the sentences are selected from the Chinese students' writing.

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Re: About different customs from horid, posted on 12-11-2009 at 09:43:27 (D | E)
HaHa ,I know that, that's chinese-english ...or I think you can choose a more funny method, "don't bring anything just you body is enough, cause we have too much things in our warehouse"

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