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Lucao, any color so long as it's black doesn't seem to make sense. Shouldn't it read any color so long as it's not black?
so long as = as long as = 只要 Are you the "any color so long as it's not black" type? 你是不是「啥顏色都好只要不是黑的」的那一型?
Posted on: 2006/7/3 15:58
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thank u for ur explanation glotynn!!
and i want to know if it is an idiom.
Posted on: 2006/7/4 13:08
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Lucao,
An idiom normally implies something extended from the literal meaning, but I don't see any idiomatic implication from any color so long as it's not black. Maybe Tim is able to tell.
Posted on: 2006/7/4 21:18
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This is not any fixed type of expression. It's just a way to use a part of sentence as an adjective. You can even use a whole sentence as an adjective.
For example, if someone says "If you jump, I will jump too." You can say he is a person that says "If you jump, I will jump too." or he is an 'if you jump, I will jump too" type of person. Likewise, if someone is always the first one to go to school, you can say he is an "always the first one to go to school" type of person. Tim
Posted on: 2006/7/4 22:16
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