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Kobiaf  #332342  Fri, 23 Feb 07 03:00 AM

hello

what those sentnces mean

I apprcited being invited to your home

in incorrect english does it mean   : "to be invited" ?

another thing

"sometimes adolcents complain about not being understood by their parents"

two of the sentnces have a same form?

  
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Philip  #332346  Fri, 23 Feb 07 03:23 AM
 Kobiaf wrote:

hello

what those sentnces mean

I apprcited being invited to your home

in incorrect english does it mean   : "to be invited" ? It "means" the same, but "being invited" is the correct form.

another thing

"sometimes adolcents complain about not being understood by their parents"

two of the sentnces have a same form?

Same form.
  
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Yoong Liat  #332367  Fri, 23 Feb 07 05:31 AM

what those sentnces mean (What do those sentences mean?)

I apprcited being invited to your home (I appreciated being invited to your home.)

in incorrect english does it mean   : "to be invited" ? (In incorrect English, does it mean "to be invited"?)

another thing

"sometimes adolcents  complain about not being understood by their parents"

(Sometimes adolescents ... parents.)

two of the sentnces have a same form? (... sentences have the same form?)


what's up (What's up?)

If you see spelling errors please fix me (If you see spelling errors, please correct them.)

Remember to start every sentence with a capital letter and end it with a question mark or a full stop.

I've also corrected your spelling errors.

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Kobiaf  #332462  Fri, 23 Feb 07 02:26 PM

Thx

yoong i know all the rules but i have another thing

If i say : The man barely avoided being hit by the truck

Does it mean the same form as well ?

  
Yoong Liat  #332521  Fri, 23 Feb 07 05:24 PM

If i say : The man barely avoided being hit by the truck

Does it mean the same form as well ?

What do you mean by the same form as well?

  
MrPedantic  #332623  Sat, 24 Feb 07 12:25 AM

Hello Kob

In all your examples, the structure is essentially the same:

1. I appreciated being invited to your home.

2. Sometimes adolescents complain about not being understood by their parents.

3. The man barely avoided being hit by the truck.

The underlined portion (the gerund phrase) is the object of the verb in each case.

All the best,

MrP

  
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Kobiaf  #332643  Sat, 24 Feb 07 01:46 AM

Ok but my qeustion is little bit diffrent

E.g  here  ......................... being hit   in incorrct english is means  "to be hit"?

  
CalifJim  #332652  Sat, 24 Feb 07 02:48 AM
in incorrct english is means  "to be hit"?
Did you mean to write:  Is it be incorrect to say "to be hit" instead of "being hit"?  If so, then the answer is 'yes'.  avoid to be hit is not correct.

Both "being hit" and "to be hit" are passive structures, if that's what you want confirmed.  They 'mean' more or less the same thing, but which to use depends on the surrounding grammatical context.

CJ

  
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