Liveinjapan  +  602184 Tue, 02 Dec 08 12:15 PM What seems to be her shortcomings have end up being a great gift. What seems her shortcomings have end up being a great gift. Are my sentence correct? Do they mean the same? Thanks Liveinjapan Joined on Sun, Feb 4 2007 Osaka, Japan Senior Member 2,280 Please feel free to correct any words I wrote.LiJ

	ayumiyoshi1314  +  602280 Tue, 02 Dec 08 02:01 PM Hello! Do you mind if I help? Liveinjapan “What seems to be her shortcomings have end up being a great gift. What seems her shortcomings have end up being a great gift. Are my sentence correct? Do they mean the same? Thanks ” The first sentence is partially correct. You can word it like this to though: What seemed to be her shortcomings have ended up becoming a great gift to her. The second sentence is not correct at all. You can revise or make it better by doing this: What was her shortcomings now becoming a great gift for her. Make sense? I hope so. I am glad to help you. ayumiyoshi1314 Joined on Tue, Nov 18 2008 Chiba, Japan New Member 46

	Grammar Geek  +  602305 Tue, 02 Dec 08 02:42 PM I partially agree. What seemed [to be - optional] her shortcomings have ended up being a great gift.   Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!