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Myung Soo-hyun
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| Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2004 9:18 pm
Post subject: Have a good time! vs. Have a nice day! |
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People say "Have a nice day" when they say good bye. Can I say "Have a
good time"?
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Don Phillipson
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| Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2004 11:53 pm
Post subject: Re: Have a good time! vs. Have a nice day! |
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"Myung Soo-hyun" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2st291F1nt655U1@uni-berlin.de...
| Quote: | People say "Have a nice day" when they say good bye.
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This is an Americanism, unknown in half the English-speaking
countries.
| Quote: | Can I say "Have a good time"?
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Yes, only in context. You might say this when someone
is going to visit a circus, not when he is going to the dentist.
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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
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Michael DeBusk
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 12:00 am
Post subject: Re: Have a good time! vs. Have a nice day! |
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On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 00:18:09 +0900, Myung Soo-hyun
<someone@microsoft.com> wrote:
| Quote: | People say "Have a nice day" when they say good bye. Can I say
"Have a good time"?
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"Have a good time!" is said when the person to whom you are saying
"goodbye" is going to a party, a movie, or some other diversion. "Have
a nice day" is usually said when you don't know where they're going.
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Michael DeBusk, Co-Conspirator to Make the World a Better Place
Did he update http://home.earthlink.net/~debu4335/ yet?
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