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Old February 12, 2010, 02:43 AM
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Originally Posted by laepelba View Post
I didn't like that they used the English word "get".
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edit: wait. The first sentence or the last? "I'm disliking it more & more..." isn't conventional. But what don't you like about the first sentence?
It is definitely not BrE. Well, it sounds wrong to me, which is not the same. I would have to say

I didn't like it that they used the English word "get".,

but normally I would say

I didn't like their using the word "get".

The way you said it sounds a bit Spanish
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