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Can you say: It's weird how/that you've asked me to be your boyfriend.
Are both okay?
Are both okay?
Can you say: It's weird how/that you've asked me to be your boyfriend. Are both oka
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Yes, but they have different meanings for me.
With "how" it refers to the method; with "that" it refers to the fact.
With "how" it refers to the method; with "that" it refers to the fact.
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What about; ''The way you have asked me to be your boyfriend is weird''. Is it okay to refer to the method also?
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Yes.
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If what you actually think is weird is the way, then yes. I am intrigued to know what kind of weird ways a girl or boy might use to ask someone to be her/his boyfriend.
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It could refer to the fact to me as well.
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When I was in school, the teachers beat that use of "how" out of us. (figuratively)
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The girl asked my friend to get her a work visa so she can stay in the country and she's offering to be his girlfriend...
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That is not only weird, it might be illegal.
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It's illegal but not very unusual or weird (in the UK, at least). Well, using a work visa to do it is a little unusual. Normally (if that's the right word), a foreign national pays a UK citizen a large sum of money to get married so that the foreign national can get a "spouse" visa. It's called a "marriage of convenience".
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