tigerr  +  18831 Sat, 10 Jan 04 10:44 PM please explain the error in these two seperate sentences...it's driving me crazy please. please. please.please.please....... Thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you....... 1.What did you say your name was? 2. He doesn't work as hard as she does. tigerr Joined on Sat, Jan 10 2004 New Member 08 Ronit Abraham

	pedant  +  18859 Sun, 11 Jan 04 06:54 AM No wonder they're driving you crazy. Both sentences are perfectly correct. They are, however, informal. More formal versions are "Please tell me your name again." and "He does not work as hard as she does." pedant Joined on Thu, Dec 18 2003 Full Member 104

	suzi  +  18968 Mon, 12 Jan 04 12:33 PM I'm afraid there is no grammatical explanation to cover the difference between formal and informal English. It mostly to do with quite subtle matters of style and idiomatic use. You need to read and listen widely to pick up the differneces. I think you have to be a very experienced student to use idioms successfully. Most material that you meet in your grammar books is likely to be suitable for formal situations. suzi Joined on Wed, Jan 7 2004 Full Member 465 Grammar, Difference Between, Idioms

	Gerund  +  140864 Fri, 23 Sep 05 07:33 AM I think I've seen a similar examples   2. He doesn't work as hard as she does.  The second verb should not really be "does." It could be "he doesn't work as hard as she works", or you could leave off the verb and let it be understood. "He doesn't work as hard as she."  While "he doesn't work as hard as she does work" seems to make sense, "work" is a verb in the first phrase and an noun in the second.  "He doesn't do work as hard as she does work" is more correct, because now the actions are equivilent and "work" is a noun in both cases. "He doesn't do as hard as she does" makes grammatical sense but is not very meaningful.  I think the "does" in "doesn't" functions as an auxiliary and not a 'full' verb. That's a grammatical breakdown. I certainly wouldn't correct anyone for speaking that way, because the meaning is clear.  Gerund Joined on Fri, Sep 23 2005 New Member 01 Verbs, Nouns, Auxiliaries

	Clive  +  140991 Fri, 23 Sep 05 01:56 PM Hi, He doesn't work as hard as she does. There are no nouns here. Both verbs are just in present tense, to describe the habits/customs of the two people. He works / he does not work / he does work are all correct verb forms of the present tense. Best wishes, Clive       Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,646 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo Verbs, Tenses, Nouns, Present Tenses