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- Wed Oct 20, 2004 5:47 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: What is the purpose of the Present Perfect?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 19885
Quote: "Are all your examples in Present Perfect cannot be said in Simple Past? If so, say in front of us." Of course they cannot be said in simple past without changing the meaning - why do I have to tell you this? Quote: As for some kind of wording containing some stars, you can hardly understand ...
- Wed Oct 20, 2004 3:13 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: What is the purpose of the Present Perfect?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 19885
It needs a link with the present, surely. The most common uses, ' We've won!', 'Now you've done it!', 'I haven't been to the bank yet', 'I haven't seen him' have the present meanings: We're very good, You're in trouble, I need to go to the bank, I don't know where he is . The example, on this thread...
- Wed Oct 20, 2004 3:06 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Punctuation has limits-so they say.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2854
- Sun Oct 10, 2004 2:06 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Is it ok to say "The boss is me!!" (=I am the boss
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9471
now, if i heard a person say "what a plank" my first thought would be that maybe he meant "walk the plank" like in sea stories. Hence the exclamation mark, which you missed. An exclamation in the form of " What a (singular noun) ! " has little ambiguity, even if I insert the over-polite plank in pl...
- Fri Oct 08, 2004 8:00 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: I study IN or AT JFK High School?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1346
- Thu Oct 07, 2004 5:44 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Is it ok to say "The boss is me!!" (=I am the boss
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9471
Re: "Language is different when you look at a lot of it
I have a friend from SE England who says "You was" when talking to one person and "you were" when talking to more than one. He's a native speaker of English, so it's neither an error nor a mistake - it's just part of his dialect. As a native of SE England, I would still label it a mistake. It is a ...
- Thu Oct 07, 2004 5:17 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: any rule for this?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3224
Hmm, tough one. It's hard to find much at all on this in grammar books, and if you do find anything, it is likely to be more about semantics (e.g. "(F)or many main clauses with two or more noun phrases, there is usually only one noun phrase that qualifies semantically as the subject of the particip...
- Tue Oct 05, 2004 12:36 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Godless Linguistics. 0 :-(
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1087
- Mon Oct 04, 2004 9:03 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: It's just this and that, isn't it?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 10687
- Fri Oct 01, 2004 3:44 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: It's just this and that, isn't it?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 10687
But...couldn't it just as easily be the other way around? :? Larry Latham It would sound a little strange to my ears, that's all. I would only use this to introduce someone or something. "Fred, let me introduce you to someone. This is my wife." Fred immediately begins to fondle her... "Oi! That's m...
- Fri Oct 01, 2004 3:36 pm
- Forum: Software
- Topic: Complete On-line EFL Grammar Test
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4020
- Fri Oct 01, 2004 12:31 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: It's just this and that, isn't it?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 10687
Back to metal's first example: Q. Is that a picture of your family? A. Yes. This is my dad; this is my sister Madge... But... Q. Who are the people in the picture? A. Well, that is my dad; that is my sister Madge... The first is like an introduction and the second is identification; or is my example...
- Thu Sep 30, 2004 11:59 pm
- Forum: Software
- Topic: Complete On-line EFL Grammar Test
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4020
- Tue Sep 28, 2004 3:37 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Is this mail sounding impolite ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1937
The person who complained that the letter is impolite is probably too sensitive and delicate for this world and should seriously consider self-immolation. However, I know from experience that many Government departments are full of such unfortunates; so it is worth inserting some niceties to avoid c...
- Tue Sep 28, 2004 3:05 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Edit my grammar errors
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2142
Re: Edit my grammar errors
I would only add the following two alterations: I would change "all I understood are some key words" to "all I understood were some key words" or "all I understand are some key words" to avoid having one verb in the past and the other in the present; and I would "make corrections to my writings. " a...