Need help to understand this sentence!

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by dark0circles, Aug 2, 2007.

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    Other than that, I can’t[U] fault[/U] what you did. 
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    Hey anyone know what's this phrase means? I understand each of them but I'm not sure what the fault means in between the phrases..
     
    dark0circles, Aug 2, 2007 IP
  2. eXe

    eXe Notable Member

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    #2
    fault: verb; Put or pin the blame on.
     
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    the person mean that he don't wanna blame you for your work !!!
     
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  4. dark0circles

    dark0circles Peon

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    thanks guys for the "translation".. although I still dunno why he said this... :)
     
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    It possibly means... "other than that" ... did he find some problem that he mentioned first?

    "I can't fault what you did." ... there was nothing else wrong, it was good.

    Does that help at all?
     
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    Hopper Well-Known Member

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    If someone asked me to write a sentence for them about a dog and I wrote:

    'The dag was playing in the garden when the postman called at the house.'

    They could say to me:

    You have spelt the word dog wrong, other than that, I can't fault what you did.

    A fault is something that is wrong, if someone cant fault you, they cant find anything wrong.

    However, 'other than that' means that they have found a fault and they have pointed out the fault to you in a previous sentence or earlier in that sentence as in the example above.

    I hope this helps.

    Hopper
     
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    prinzcy Active Member

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    I think that person didn't blame you for what you did, well beside the other thing that he mention before the 'fault' sentence.
     
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  8. dark0circles

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    Actually he asked me to change the name of an article title to something ..saying that it's more simpler.. and then follow by this sentence... :p
     
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