“To this day my father will tell you he helped me make them posters, but he didn't.”
直到今天,我爸還會跟你說那些尋人啟事是他幫我做的,其實他沒有。
一句揭穿父親多年的謊,不控訴,只用 but he didn't 收尾。
To this day someone will tell you ..., but ...
揭穿家人或熟人多年說法時用;對當事人當面說會很重。
He still tells everyone that story, but it isn't true. / Even now he claims he was there, and he wasn't.
中性
but he didn't 放慢壓低,最後三個詞砸下來。
To this day she says she called, but she never did. 直到今天她還說自己打過電話,可她根本沒有。
