http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3615.39139)http://www.englishforums.com/English/ToTintPassiveCausative-Dye/cldww/post.htm#222127Mon, 25 May 2009 09:38:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:222127Old Eladio0http://www.englishforums.com/English/ToTintPassiveCausative-Dye/cldww/post.htm#222127http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-222127.xmlNona the brit, thanks a lot! You gave an excellent comment, and I appreciate the time you have taken in do that. Thans again, Eadiohttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ToTintPassiveCausative-Dye/cldww/post.htm#222111Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:38:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:222111nona the brit1http://www.englishforums.com/English/ToTintPassiveCausative-Dye/cldww/post.htm#222111http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-222111.xmlWith regards to hair, tint is sometimes used to be a more discrete way of saying dyed, or it can mean that there is just a faint amount of colour being added or just a few strands coloured. Also, older ladies may be more inclined to talk of 'tints' but it sounds pretty old fashioned now. The vast majority of people talk about dying their hair. 1.1.- I’m being tinted. (a) Does the verb tint include itself the idea of hair? (b) Can I say: I’m being dying and the listener understands that I’m talking about tinting my hair?. b would have to be I'm being dyed, wouldn't it. However both sentences sound strange - we tint or dye hair not a whole person. So 'I'm having my hair tinted/dyed'. It's possible though, if you were already in the...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ToTintPassiveCausative-Dye/cldww/post.htmWed, 25 Mar 2009 10:38:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:222096Old Eladio2http://www.englishforums.com/English/ToTintPassiveCausative-Dye/cldww/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-222096.xmlTell me, please, related to the following sentences: 1.1.- I’m being tinted. (a) Does the verb tint include itself the idea of hair? (b) Can I say: I’m being dying and the listener understands that I’m talking about tinting my hair? 1.2- I’m tinting. (a) Does the listener understand that I could be included in the action of tinting? That is, I can be tinting my neighbor or me, i.e., but I can be included in this possibility. (b) The same question as in 1.1 (c) If I want to clarify the point that I’m included, can I say: I’m tinting myself . 1.3 (a) What a woman (or men nowadays) would say preferably in a phone conversation with a friend: I’m being tinted or My hair’s being tinted or I’m having my hair tinted . (b) Can that woman...