Timeline for Does "what makes him good" mean that he asks why?
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| Jun 16, 2020 at 9:11 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Feb 25, 2015 at 12:44 | vote | accept | user37421 | ||
| Feb 18, 2015 at 20:29 | comment | added | Ben Kovitz | @user37421 By the way, even if you like my answer best (I'm honored, of course), please wait a day or two before accepting it. That will allow other people some time to write an answer, which might say something useful that I missed, or might correct an error in my answer. More information about why it's helpful to wait a day or two is here. | |
| Feb 18, 2015 at 20:27 | comment | added | Ben Kovitz | @user37421 Yes. The present-tense "makes" means that the friend is assumed to already be good at English. Something now explains why the friend is good at English. | |
| Feb 18, 2015 at 20:13 | vote | accept | user37421 | ||
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| Feb 18, 2015 at 20:11 | comment | added | user37421 | Thanks but can I say that the second option in this exact sentence is totally rejected? | |
| Feb 18, 2015 at 19:48 | history | answered | Ben Kovitz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |