John Quiroga
This sentences appear in the repeat sentence practice for the PTE exam: "When we talk about technology, we kind of largely talking about ourselves" Does this sentence have a gramatical error or it is ok? My question is because I think the second part of the sentence should say .. we are kind of largely talking... Thanks in advance
2024年2月29日 19:02
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Which practice material is this from? Does the material definitely contain this or is this how it sounded to you? Of course, it should be 'we are kind of ...' but it would be said 'we're' - fast and unstressed. So it's possible it sounded very like just 'we' alone. But if you're sure this is really what it said (from a transcript for example), you should probably stop using this resource for your practice. It's not reliable.
2024年2月29日
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This sentence is very casual and not well formed. ...we are kind of largely talking.... "Kind of" and "Largely" should not be together. Using one or the other would be better.
2024年2月29日
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You are correct in your observation. The sentence you provided has a grammatical error. It should be: "When we talk about technology, we are kind of largely talking about ourselves." Adding "are" before "kind of largely talking" makes the sentence grammatically correct.
2024年2月29日
You are correct that it's not great grammatically. Unfortunately, for language learners, characters don't always speak grammatically correctly.
2024年3月1日
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