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On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 23:57:11 +0200, Marc-Hendrik Bremer wrote:
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>Steve schrieb in Nachricht ...
>>You're right it doesn't look imposing, it looks kind of cute.
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>Is this a contradiction? Cute and imposing? Perhaps. Something to fear is
>probably more imposing, isn't it?
"Doesn't" is an abbreviation of "does not",
If I'd have said "It does not look imposing", it would sound asthough I
was disagreeing with you, but by saying "it doesn't look imposing", the
meaning is softened considerably and made much less formal. The
interpretation relies a lot on the context so don't (do not), take any
of the above to be a hard and fast rool.
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