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Is it right to say

The one liking you is handsome?


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Re: liking

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The sentence is not technically "grammatically" wrong, but it's hard to know what the sentence means.

Does it mean:
The person who likes you is handsome. :?:

Or is it trying to say:
The one like you is handsome. :?:

Or something completely different?
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Re: liking

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It means

Is the one that likes you handsome?

the scene is that : two women are discussing the men they recently dated.

One says:He is a 8 and rich and likes me, but I don't like him.

The other one: Is the one liking you handsome?
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Re: liking

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fwondream wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 10:52 amIs the one liking you handsome?
Not grammatically wrong but not idiomatic either.

Some possibilities might be:

Is he handsome? :ok:
Is the one that likes you handsome? :ok:
And the guy who likes you? Is he handsome? :ok:
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Re: liking

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Thank you very much
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Re: liking

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fwondream wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2019 9:34 am Is it right to say

The one liking you is handsome?


A big thank to you
IN COMPLETE SENTENCE
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Re: liking

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Joe wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 10:47 am The sentence is not technically "grammatically" wrong, but it's hard to know what the sentence means.

Does it mean:
The person who likes you is handsome. :?:

Or is it trying to say:
The one like you is handsome. :?:

Or something completely different?
:?: :?:
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Re: liking

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fwondream wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 10:52 am It means

Is the one that likes you handsome? :ok:

the scene is that : two women are discussing the men they recently dated.

One says:He is a 8 and rich and likes me, but I don't like him.

The other one: Is the one liking you handsome? :nok:
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Re: liking

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Joe wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 11:24 am
fwondream wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 10:52 amIs the one liking you handsome?
Not grammatically wrong but not idiomatic either.

Some possibilities might be:

Is he handsome? :ok:
Is the one that likes you handsome? :ok:
And the guy who likes you? Is he handsome? :ok:
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