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Teacher: "he washed utensils. He was made to wash utensils" what is the difference between these two sentences?
Student: In the first case the subject is unmarried, in the second the subject is married.
Student: In the first case the subject is unmarried, in the second the subject is married.
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Not true at all. He was made to wash utensils even unmarried - had no choice: (1) they started to drop on the flow from the pile in the kitchen's basin; (2) he ran out of the clean(er) utensils,rajagainstthemachine wrote:Teacher: "he washed utensils. He was made to wash utensils" what is the difference between these two sentences?
Student: In the first case the subject is unmarried, in the second the subject is married.
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x9200 wrote:Not true at all. He was made to wash utensils even unmarried - had no choice: (1) they started to drop on the flow from the pile in the kitchen's basin; (2) he ran out of the clean(er) utensils,rajagainstthemachine wrote:Teacher: "he washed utensils. He was made to wash utensils" what is the difference between these two sentences?
Student: In the first case the subject is unmarried, in the second the subject is married.

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Or he got demoted and that was his punishmentx9200 wrote:Not true at all. He was made to wash utensils even unmarried - had no choice: (1) they started to drop on the flow from the pile in the kitchen's basin; (2) he ran out of the clean(er) utensils,rajagainstthemachine wrote:Teacher: "he washed utensils. He was made to wash utensils" what is the difference between these two sentences?
Student: In the first case the subject is unmarried, in the second the subject is married.
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Well, I thought it was SO bloody good I x-posted it to FB... 

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The latter means that he was conceived, born and raised for the sole purpose of washing utensils.
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I found a really useful website that compiles data about our world. some of the statistics are really interesting.
http://ourworldindata.org
http://ourworldindata.org
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From what I read, dishwashers are very common in the US and UK. I wonder why they are not common in SG. I mean people here would rather have the latest iPhone and a maid, than a normal phone and a dishwasher.
Edit: Found the answer, people here eat cheap food outside rather than cook and do the dishes.
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Edit: Found the answer, people here eat cheap food outside rather than cook and do the dishes.
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Dish washers are very common here. They even have a popular brand name, FDWs. 

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Wd40 wrote:From what I read, dishwashers are very common in the US and UK. I wonder why they are not common in SG. I mean people here would rather have the latest iPhone and a maid, than a normal phone and a dishwasher.
Edit: Found the answer, people here eat cheap food outside rather than cook and do the dishes.
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Why I often don't buy those "Prepare a 3 Course Meal for Your Family in 30 minutes or less" recipes...I forget they assume you'll use a dishwasher to clean up.
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lolsundaymorningstaple wrote:Dish washers are very common here. They even have a popular brand name, FDWs.
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FDWs = Foreign Dish Washers 

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Touche'earthfriendly wrote:FDWs = Foreign Dish Washers
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Random thought: I wonder if the expression 'touche' comes from the sport of fencing, where you hit a target and score a point.rajagainstthemachine wrote:Touche'earthfriendly wrote:FDWs = Foreign Dish Washers
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