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girigiri (Offline)
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07-19-2009, 03:25 AM

Doesn't 急いで目を開けた translate as "quickly opened my eyes", rather than "opened my eyes quickly."?

That is to say; rather than referring to the speed of the action, does 急いで目を開けた imply さっそく ?

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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz
No problem. If you go over to the Japanese Language subforum here, there's a thread where I screw up really bad. Really, really bad.
KyleGoetz: 猿も木に落ちる。There are, in essence, two ways to respond to an error. The honourable one is to post a retraction together with an apology, as you have done. The other is to throw a hissy fit, and impugn the integrity of the person who pointed out the error.


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Last edited by girigiri : 07-19-2009 at 05:10 AM.
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