Ok,any discussion is welcome.

half a dozen of people should be half a dozen people. è  No, “of “ should not be there.

without too much effort from my side. on my side or from my side? not sure, but definitely on my part.  è I see, you are determined to change my vocabulary with yours.

So, I smiled understandably and remained silent. understandably or understandingly? è Which one? They have different meanings, but both fit into the story just fine.

so I started shaking my head horizontally, horizontally? If it's vertically, it's nodding!

I knew I have stretched it a little bit too far. I knew I had è This is a good pick.

is this dentist’s office, I feel the punch line should be "Is this the dentist's office?" not 100% sure though.  è I know you are quite obsessed with “a”, “an”, “the”.  However they are totally dependent on a writer’s intention, not grammatically right or wrong principles as you may think.

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• my thoughts -非文學青年- ♀ (1071 bytes) () 09/22/2012 postreply 22:14:17

• I am not saying they not important -hammerheadshark- ♀ (963 bytes) () 09/23/2012 postreply 05:54:51

• As this is for discussion, we can agree to disagree then? -非文學青年- ♀ (477 bytes) () 09/23/2012 postreply 07:31:00

• 怎麽了？你們兩位都是我最敬重的大牛人之二不想看見你們任何一位生氣。 -sportwoman- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/23/2012 postreply 07:48:39

• 謝謝。沒有生氣，小蔓，學術討論，嗬嗬。 -非文學青年- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/23/2012 postreply 07:56:06

• I am not offended, nor am I angry. -hammerheadshark- ♀ (4234 bytes) () 09/23/2012 postreply 15:09:35

• what I meant by "看錯人了” was -非文學青年- ♀ (2088 bytes) () 09/23/2012 postreply 16:03:20

• Tell that native speaker -hammerheadshark- ♀ (2448 bytes) () 09/23/2012 postreply 16:52:38

• let's talk about this offline or discuss it in the future. -非文學青年- ♀ (718 bytes) () 09/23/2012 postreply 17:36:42