kylie1 Re: <on reflection - po namyśle ?> mam ra 17.06.05, 23:45 No, it's wrong. You want to say "at second thought" or "on second thought". :) Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
axxolotl Re: <on reflection - po namyśle ?> mam ra 18.06.05, 00:01 reflection noun FORMAL serious and careful thought: On reflection (= After considering it), I decided I had been wrong. On reflection = po namysle. Courtesy of Cambridge Advanced... Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
kylie1 Re: <on reflection - po namyśle ?> mam ra 18.06.05, 00:53 never heard it before....:) Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
alex113 Re: <on reflection - po namyśle ?> mam ra 18.06.05, 00:54 zawsze mowilam "upon reflection" dobrze ze sie czlowiek stale czegos nowego uczy :-) Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
ms.jones Re: <on reflection - po namyśle ?> mam ra 18.06.05, 01:10 on reflection = on second thoughts quite common :) Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
kylie1 Re: <on reflection - po namyśle ?> mam ra 18.06.05, 01:13 On/at second thought is what we use in my neck of woods. "Upon reflection" sounds terribly formal. Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
ms.jones Re: <on reflection - po namyśle ?> mam ra 18.06.05, 01:19 yes it does, ON reflection is formal but common formal :)) I've only ever registered on second thoughtS - probably because that's what I say :) but it might be another one of these 'little' differences Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
kylie1 Re: <on reflection - po namyśle ?> mam ra 18.06.05, 01:25 We say on second thought but we might have second thoughts about something. :) Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
ms.jones Re: <on reflection - po namyśle ?> mam ra 18.06.05, 01:35 same here, I've just found it in my dictionaries under 'second thought(s)' both say 'thought' is AmE www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/secondthoughts?view=uk don' give it another thought :) Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
easystreet Re: <on reflection - po namyśle ?> mam ra 18.06.05, 05:22 ...come to think of it, you're right :) Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś