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Nice car,

English translation: (what a) nice car

12:56 Nov 3, 2020
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: Nice car,
Is it a short form for "It's a nice car," or "What a nice car,"?
Which is correct?


Woman: Nice car, Mario, when did you buy it?
Man: I bought it yesterday.



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rezaproz
Iran
Local time: 09:36
Selected answer:(what a) nice car
Explanation:
Or even "That's a nice car"

It actually all depends on the surrounding context; but your suggestion of "it's a nice car" would tend to follow on from a preceding comment by Mario, whereas "What a nice car!" stands alone and requires no assumption of antecedents.
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Tony M
France
Local time: 08:06
Grading comment
Thank you
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5 +5(what a) nice car
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nice car
(what a) nice car


Explanation:
Or even "That's a nice car"

It actually all depends on the surrounding context; but your suggestion of "it's a nice car" would tend to follow on from a preceding comment by Mario, whereas "What a nice car!" stands alone and requires no assumption of antecedents.

Tony M
France
Local time: 08:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 168
Grading comment
Thank you
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: It's not really "short for" anything.
8 mins
  -> Thanks, Phil!
agree  Anastasia Andriani
13 mins
  -> Thanks, Anastasia!
agree  AllegroTrans
1 hr
  -> Thanks, C!
agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Tina!
agree  Louisa Tchaicha
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Louisa!
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