It's a strange way, but what was stated was true:
I can't say I will (future tense) because I have already done it (past tense).
Now read it:
i cant say that i will stop trading as i stopped some time ago
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k.thx.
thanks Sarge.
but i am still lost, perhaps coz i did not understand your post at all.
when you say.. .
I can't say I will (future tense) because I have already done it (past tense).
=> what i get it: i won't do it (in future) because i already have done it (in past); did i understand that right?
and, when he says...
i cant say that i will stop trading as i stopped some time ago
=> to me it sounds like: i am not promising to stop trading like how i did in sometime ago (in past i stopped trading); humm did i get that right?
btw, i made several mistake while quoting...fixed now.
P.S. just underling "as" and "because" coz they seem to divert the meaning (at least fpr me).
He means, he cannot stop trading, as he has already, so for him to stop is impossible. It would like me asking you to delete a torrent account you have already deleted.
Ouch, way too much reading into something that isn't there.
He can't say "I will" stop trading, as he has already done it. So you can't say you are going to do something if you have already carried that action out.
Don't forget English is not his first language, so the syntax will get screwed sometimes. What he said was honest enough, but he could have said "I don't need to say I will stop trading as I have already stopped sometime ago"
Phew! :)
:wave:
So...are we really nuking my translation? what?
One word.. Punctuate.
Good Luck for you Golden ,wish u all the best :)
@ fsephie, no m8, just clearing up my own confusion. btw, i like ur avatar.
Okay, that's better now :)
English isn't my 1st language either (it's 3rd actually) so i often have hard time understanding people...n it seems this is one of the case =/
And, i didn't mean to question the guy's honestly (if at any point it seemed that way), i see him as honesty guy...otherwise, i wouldn't bother wishing him good luck ;)
Anyways, now time to get back to tree hole....zzzz