A few days ago
bryan

What’s wrong with this sentence?

“I’m the girl you never get just quite what you see”

There’s something wrong with that grammatically and I can’t figure it out. Please help.

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A few days ago
Sam h

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I’m the girl you never quite get….just what you see
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A few days ago
Robert David M
There’s very little wrong with the sentence you quote–but what’s wrong is fundamental.

The person speaking is giving information. “I’m the girl”

identifies her s a category or sort of female.

Now you need a referent phrase “from whom”, “who”, “about whom” etc.

In this case the additional information is “you never get just quite what you see”.

The word “just” is irrelevant here and can be omitted; or you can add the word “exactly” to it in place of “quite”.

Then the full sentence would read,

“I’m the sort of girl from whom you never get exactly what you see.”

It’s still mysterious and means the same thing as a deep meaning sentence; it’s just clearer.

Statement by first person speaker

Identifies self as belonging to a category.

Defines category.

Definition denies appearance level empirical data.

Always refer your words back to the physical reality you’re trying to describe.

If that is still hard, state the opposite of the meaning.

Here the opposite is, I suggest, very clear:

“I’m not the sort of girl from whom you get exactly what you see”.

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A few days ago
RLS3
It’s actually two sentences smashed together– a run-on. I think the sense of what you’re trying to say can be expressed and gramatically repaired by just adding a colon:

“I’m the girl: you never get just quite what you see.”

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A few days ago
Autumn
Are you concerned about grammar or meaning? Rephrased sentence. Now it can be understood.

I’m the type of girl, that, when you look at me, you never quite get what you see.

In other words, what she looks like isn’t reflective of what is inside of her.

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A few days ago
Manz
I’m the girl you never got just quite what you saw.
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A few days ago
wendy s
Im sorry I flunked English 101
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A few days ago
Anya
It’s a run-on sentence.
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A few days ago
masince1986
What you see is not what you get. I am a mystery you will never understand.
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A few days ago
pertinacious-gal
no idea too… but i think it means

I’m the girl that you never see before

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A few days ago
MALIBU CANYON
I can see why no one gets her. Communication skills are not her strong suit.
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