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3 Apr 2009 — Like

How would you improve this sentence?

He was going like "I'm so out of here."

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Change was going to was saying.

He was saying like, "I'm so out of here."

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Remove like from the first clause.

He was saying, "I'm so out of here."

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Change so out of here to ready to leave.

He was saying, "I'm very ready to leave." (direct speech)
He was saying that he was very ready to leave. (reported speech)

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Change X to Y.

I barely made it here.

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