Jan 28, 2018 22:53
6 yrs ago
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English term

I thought it was me.

Non-PRO English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters Retail
Hello everyone
The context of the question is the following piece of conversation:

A: May I exchange this DVD player?

B: Certainly. Do you have your receipt?

A: Here you are.

B: Now, why do you want to exchange it?

A: It won't play a DVD.

B: I'm sorry. I'll get you a new player.

A: At first, I thought it was me.

B: Okay, here's a new one for you

Thank you
Change log

Jan 29, 2018 11:27: writeaway changed "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "Retail"

Jan 29, 2018 11:41: Rachel Fell changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Tony M, Agneta Pallinder, Rachel Fell

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Responses

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Selected

...I thought it was not working because I did not know how to use it.

P

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Note added at 8 mins (2018-01-28 23:02:23 GMT)
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Or: I was doing/had been doing/had done something that prevented the DVD player from working properly.
Peer comment(s):

agree JohnMcDove : Yes, I thought I was the one at fault. :-)
46 mins
Yes. Thank you, John.
agree philgoddard
1 hr
Thank you, Phil.
agree AllegroTrans
2 hrs
Thank you, AllegroTrans.
agree Robert Forstag
2 hrs
Thannk you, Robert.
agree David Hollywood
4 hrs
Thank you, David.
agree Sarah Bessioud
6 hrs
Thank you, Sarah.
agree Tony M
7 hrs
Thank you, Tony.
agree Jack Doughty
8 hrs
Thank you, Jack.
agree Noni Gilbert Riley
9 hrs
Thank you, Noni.
agree Arabic & More
9 hrs
Thank you, Amel.
agree Daryo
10 hrs
Thank you, Daryo.
agree Mihaela Spajic
14 hrs
Thank you, Mihaela.
agree NishantM
3 days 15 hrs
Thanks, NishantM.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks "
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