We have partnered with TradePub to bring you free industry magazines and resources - no coupons or credit cards required!

Visit: englishforums.tradepub.com


Share this topic:
This question is Not Answered
Latest post Fri, Feb 27 2009 9:46 PM by Clive. 1 replies.
Suggest an answer | | |
navitasan  +  681000 Fri, 27 Feb 09 09:26 PM
Can one say:
1-Your present brother...
or:
2-Your brother here present...
instead of:
You brother who is now present here...

Joined on Sun, Jun 15 2008
Junior Member 63
Clive  +  681005 Fri, 27 Feb 09 09:46 PM
Hi,
Can one say:
1-Your present brother...
or:
2-Your brother here present...
instead of:
You brother who is now present here...

All of the above sound unnatural. Here are a few more natural suggestions.

If you know the person only has one brother, simply say 'Your brother'.
Otherwise ....

If the person's brother is part of the conversation,
still say 'Your brother' and glance at the brother to show you mean him.

If the person's brother is not part of the converation, but is somewhere else in the crowded room, you might say things like
'. . .  your brother who's here  . . . '.
'I just talked to your brother'.
'I saw your brother a moment ago'.

As you can see, much depends on the situation in which you are speaking.

Best wishes, Clive
Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004
Canada
Veteran Member 29,628
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
© MediaCet Ltd. 2009, v5.0.3614.32638. All content posted by our users is a contribution to the public domain, this does not include imported usenet posts.*
For web related enquires please contact us on webmaster@mediacet.com, status updates are available at status.mediacet.com.
*Usenet post removal: Use 'X-No-Archive'. You may not have understood that your posts would end up in the public domain. Please send proof of the poster's email, we will remove immediately.