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What will someone tell you if you ask how far London is?
# It's ten or fifteen or thirty-five miles.
# It's ten or fifteen or thirty-five yards.
What will the barman ask you if you ask for a whisky?
# "A first whisky or a second whisky? "
# "A single whisky or a double whisky? "
What does the tourist ask?
# "What's the temperature today? "
# "What's my temperature today? "
Should you always ask the shop assistant to measure you when you buy clothes?
# No, you needn't.
# Yes, you should.
What are the two pounds in Britain?
# One of them tells you the weight of something; the other tells you the price.
# One of them tells you the size of something; the other tells you the length.
Which is more: a pound of potatoes or a pound's worth of potatoes?
# A pound of potatoes.
# A pound's worth of potatoes.
Will Britain always be different from other countries?
# No, Britain will
# No. Britain's going to change its we.ghts and measures.
What's the British money been since 1971 ?
# There's been a hundred pence in a pound.
# There's been twelve pence in a shilling and twenty shillings in a pound.
Do the British people want to change their weights and measures?
# No. They don't.
# No. They won't.
You want to know how far London is.
# You want to know: "Is London far? "
# You want to know: "How far is it to London? "
Some people have got bigger feet than others.
# People's feet are different sizes.
# People's feet are the same size.
An inch is the length of the top of his thumb.
# The top of his thumb's longer than an inch.
# The top of his thumb's an inch long.
You'll feel so ill now that you probably won't go to London.
# so that you won't go to London. You II feel very ill now,
# so you won,t go to London
"What's the temperature today? " the tourist asks.
The tourist asks
# how hot it is. # how it s hot.
You must remember that there are two pounds in Britain.
# You mustn't forget that there are two pounds in Britain.
# You needn't forget that there are two pounds in Britain.
A pound's worth of potatoes
# potatoes that weigh a pound
# all the potatoes that you can buy with a pound
The British won't forget pounds, pints, and feet.
# I know that the British won't forget pounds, pints or feet.
# The British don't want to forget pounds, pints and feet.
Why shouldn't there be eight pints in a gallon?
# Why is it wrong that there are eight pints in a gallon?
# Why must there be eight pints in a gallon?