ESL General English Grammar Questionshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3260.39585)Re: she is being awayhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SheIsBeingAway/2/vmxnh/Post.htm#397314Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:39:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:397314Grammar Geek0http://www.englishforums.com/English/SheIsBeingAway/2/vmxnh/Post.htm#397314http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-397314.xml<P>And we sit here, with the original anonymous poster never coming back to clarify his or her meaning. </P> <P>Now we'll never know if he meant "She left me." "She is being so emotionally distant." or "She's visiting her mother in Detroit." <img src="/emoticons/emotion-5.gif" alt="Wink [;)]" /></P><div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: she is being awayhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SheIsBeingAway/vmxjk/post.htm#397249Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:26:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:397249nona the brit1http://www.englishforums.com/English/SheIsBeingAway/vmxjk/post.htm#397249http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-397249.xml<P>No, 'away' isn't used to describe a couple that are no longer together.</P> <P>Clive's suggestions are the most common phrases for this.</P><div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: she is being awayhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SheIsBeingAway/vmxhg/post.htm#397211Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:57:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:397211Clive2http://www.englishforums.com/English/SheIsBeingAway/vmxhg/post.htm#397211http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-397211.xml<P>Hi,</P> <P><FONT color=#0000ff>She has left him.</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=#0000ff>They are not together any more.</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=#0000ff>They have broken up.</FONT></P> <P>Clive</P><div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: she is being awayhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SheIsBeingAway/vmxzx/post.htm#397185Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:32:25 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:397185whl6263http://www.englishforums.com/English/SheIsBeingAway/vmxzx/post.htm#397185http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-397185.xml<P>Ooops, I thought this was a common sentence used among native speakers to mean a couple has broken apart. The relationship is over, it no longer exists. Either one is gone. <img src="/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile [:)]" /></P><div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: she is being awayhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SheIsBeingAway/vmxzn/post.htm#397184Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:15:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:397184Yankee4http://www.englishforums.com/English/SheIsBeingAway/vmxzn/post.htm#397184http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-397184.xml<P>Hi whl626</P> <P>Sorry, but I don't understand your sentence either.&nbsp; Can you elaborate?&nbsp; Way over <EM>what</EM>?</P><div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: she is being awayhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SheIsBeingAway/vmxzg/post.htm#397177Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:03:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:397177whl6265http://www.englishforums.com/English/SheIsBeingAway/vmxzg/post.htm#397177http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-397177.xmlClive, the poster might be an Asian. What he wanted to say is most probably what I already responded.<div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: she is being awayhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SheIsBeingAway/vmnmv/post.htm#397005Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:16:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:397005Clive6http://www.englishforums.com/English/SheIsBeingAway/vmnmv/post.htm#397005http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-397005.xml<P>Hi,</P> <P>Just in terms of tense, you'd need to say 'she is away from me' rather than "she is being away from me".</P> <P>But really, it depends on what your meaning is.</P> <P>Best wishes, Clive</P><div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: she is being awayhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SheIsBeingAway/vmnkg/post.htm#396973Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:40:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:396973whl6267http://www.englishforums.com/English/SheIsBeingAway/vmnkg/post.htm#396973http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-396973.xml<BLOCKQUOTE><table width="85%"><tr><td class="txt4"><img src="/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif">&nbsp;<strong>Anonymous wrote:</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="quoteTable"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" class="txt4"> <P>Hi,</P> <P>is it correct to say "she is being away from me" ? If not, what should I say?</P> <P>thank you.</P> <P></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE></P> <P>She and I are way over <img src="/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile [:)]" />.</P><div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: she is being awayhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SheIsBeingAway/vmnrz/post.htm#396802Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:28:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:396802Grammar Geek8http://www.englishforums.com/English/SheIsBeingAway/vmnrz/post.htm#396802http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-396802.xml<P>What do you mean to say? She is distant in an emotional sense? She has left you (the relationship)? Or simple that she is travelling?</P><div style="clear:both;"></div>she is being awayhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SheIsBeingAway/vmmpx/post.htmThu, 26 Jul 2007 00:03:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:396777Anonymous9http://www.englishforums.com/English/SheIsBeingAway/vmmpx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-396777.xml<P>Hi,</P> <P>is it correct to say "she is being away from me" ? If not, what should I say?</P> <P>thank you.</P><div style="clear:both;"></div>