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01-17-2011, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz View Post
I have to admit, I'm not sure whether to classify the で as the particle or as the てform of だ here. I assumed it was the particle (for some reason), but if it's the てform of the copula then they are slightly different in literal translation:
In both cases, it is a particle.
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