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Re: Grammar rules - check for correctness - a kind teacher please :)

Angle1 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:23:55 GMT

Some another issues to discuss

I saw your old friend, him whom you pointed out at the last meeting

Him whom >> whom

Objective pronoun is redundand, we need only relative pronou

I really donÂ´t know if there is a mistake in this sentence
She flouts her mink coat whenever she goes with us so that we will think she is very wealthy

They threated him like he was their own son

Like >>> as if we have a verb in a comparative sentence, we must use as instead of like

He was >> he were - we need a subjunctive here, but I cannot explain why

Many a box of bananas have been sent to Europe

Many a box + has / many boxes + have

What kind of these structures is commonly used

The two last comeptitors, who had to lose or gain the most were affected deeply

Who had to lose or gain the most >> who had the most to lose or gain

How to explain it? Is this

Were affected deeply >> were deeply affected â the adverb determines the adjective

His serious thoughts were bent irrevocable

Bent irrevocable >> bent irrevocably â But how to explain it??

I think that is everything what I need to to discuss

If you want to discuss only few examples, no problem - I would be glad if you would do anything. Thank you very much for your help

Re: Grammar rules - check for correctness - a kind teacher please :)

Angle1 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:30:38 GMT

Here are some examples

The main point is to explain the correct answer
The sentences are little-bit childisch ;they are some modified sentences. I am afraid that my explanations seems to be a little childisch, too. So please help me how to turn it into the right explanation.

Mary was real angry because Jack didnÂ´t show up

Real >> really - we use an adverb to determine the adjective

Fewer of the passangers is sick today

Fewer >> One - the verb is refers to singular, so we need to use singular pronoun

I asked my brother whom was on the phone

Whom >> who â Whom i sused in object case and with pronouns â we need a subject for the verb in the second clause

Jorge doesnÂ´t have no bullets in his rifle

No >> any - we should avoid double negation in written English. We could use either has + no or negation + any

I am just a little confused whether or not to go on exam.

Whether to be or not to be â I know how it should be, but I cannot explain it :/

Having be a dancer myself, I have excellent posture

Having be >> beeing â but how to explain it ???

I never did like these kind of exercises

These >> that â but could it be also this if I were pointing at it?

Kind is singular, so we need a singular demostrative pronoun

You telling the truth is ..

You >> your â telling is a gerund, gerunds are used like nouns. We need a possessive pronoun

The bakery depends on meal beeing delivered without delay

Meal >> mealÂ´s â beeing is a gerund, and meal refers to this gerund. We need to use a genitive form with âÂ´sâ

Re: Proper use of adverb of frequency

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Re: Felt like...

Avangi — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:42:54 GMT

Hi Mad, With this scant context, it could be taken either way. It's pretty confusing.

"Friends" is plural. Was she paired with one particular guy?

Whom is she talking to? Her date??

"Felt" is past tense, but "is" is present tense. Is she still on the date with this guy (or guys) (or girls) when she makes this statement? (like maybe at the very end of it?)

Is Neil her main squeeze? (Sorry, my eyes are getting bad.) Is Nell her main squeeze? Who the h--- is Nell? (Is Lana a guy?)

Anyway, I'm assuming "tonight" is a noun rather than an adverb. "I had to explain about tonight." Not, "Tonight, I felt like I had to explain to Nell."

It's still "tonight" when she makes the statement. It sounds like Nell is not present. If she has already explained to Nell, she must have covered a lot of ground.

But on the other hand, we don't know what it is she wants to explain. Did she feel she had to explain what happened tonight, or did she feel (in the past) that she had to explain that she was planning to go on a date without him/her??

If she's talking to the guy and they're still on the date, maybe it's, "I felt like I had to explain to Nell, but, you know what? I don't feel that way any longer." Maybe she's just telling him that she feels wierd about having felt obligated to tell Nell all her private business.

Or maybe she's warning "him" that this "date" is no secret from Nell, because she felt obligated to tell her/him.

You're asking me, "Did Lana explain to Nell about tonight?" I'll tell you. I don't know.

Re: Parse this sentence.

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:54:59 GMT

"by giving back" is a prepositional phrase acting as an adverb to modify the verb 'glorified'

"back" is an adverb of position

"back to him" is a combination of the adverb 'back' and the prepositional phrase 'to him' which is acting as an adverb of direction (answers the question 'where' or 'to whom')

Re: direct object indirect object object of a preposition help me! plz

ClarkePeters — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:12:39 GMT

This post is a little dated but since I've been working with my students on this very topic I thought I'd post.

First, you can't understand what the "object of the preposition" is if you don't first know how to identify prepositions. So you need to find a list (google "list prepositions English" or "frequency list prepositions English") and you should get plenty of lists. Depending on which list you go by, there are from 80 to 130 or so prepositions. Most are not used too often, so I'd get a frequency list and try to learn the first 50 or so.   That may sound like a lot of words, but compared to the number of words in Webster's 500,000 word dictionary, that's really very few words--and they are SO IMPORTANT to understanding sentence structure. If you don't want to memorize, no problem, just keep a list with you at all times.

When you come across a word from the list, check to see if it has an object by asking "what" after the preposition.
              John called about the party.
              about what? the party,
              so "party" or "the party" if you include the article, is the object of the preposition.

Be careful, prepositions sometimes act as adverbs.
John got up and went to the kitchen.
up what? ---ummmm, no answer, there is NO object, so "up" is an adverb to "got"

as for DO, ask "what" after the verb.

John made a cake.
John made what? a cake
DO is cake

as for IO, ask "to whom/what?" or "for whom/what?" after the DO
John made Mary a cake.
John made what? a cake
DO is cake
a cake for whom? for Mary
IO is Mary.

The following sentences are exactly the same in meaning! (except maybe in emphasis)

John made Mary a cake.         common usage
John made for Mary a cake.   NOT common usage, but technically
                                                  correct, sometimes used for emphasis
John made a cake for Mary.    common usage

same with "to"
John gave Mary a cake.
John gave to Mary a cake.   NOT common usage
John gave a cake to Mary.

some grammarians will say that an IO can ONLY be between the verb and DO.
Other linguists say functionally there is no difference, so it is OK to say that "to Mary" or "for Mary" is the IO. However, others will argue that they are adverbials answering the question where (to) or why (for) about the verb (made why? for Mary    gave where? to Mary).
How one describes it is not important, as they all function the same.

Re: Oldest of whom

Rotter — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:24:42 GMT

I thank Doll and Yankee for the replies.

Yankee, the reason I inserted the adverb 'so' is to emphasize that there are hundreds or rather thousands people in the gym.
[ It is not a single gym; it is a chain of gyms. Once the manager of the gym told me they have over 20000 people. Big business!]
The Russian class has about 25 idiots including me.

1. There are many students in my Russian class, the oldest of whom is 36.

2. There are so many people training at the gym, the oldest of whom is 79.

Is it fine if I replace the adverb 'so' with the words ' a lot of people' ?

Re: sentences correct?

Feebs11 — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:05:41 GMT

Solomon_13000 wrote:
Are the sentences below correct in terms of the use of preposition and so on in italic?

Preposition

Neither Amy nor her sisters like to do ironing every week.

He is like his mother

He is always like that

Besides working at the restaurant, he also works at the garage.

He is watching TV besides eating

Everyone besides Jane went to the birthday party

The ferry departs at hourly interval.intervals

I stay at my parents' house

He wasnât at home last night

John was accused of stealing the box of coins.

John is the son of Jacob

I knew him since January of last year

Verb

Miss Wong came early to make coffee for everyone, didnât she?

There are things we didnât know until John told us

He didnât study yet he passed in his exams passed his exams

The naughty boy was running at that time, wasnât he?

I wasnât hungry just now

He wasnât accepted for the job

I shall Madam Andrea in Scotland after my examinations. incomplete - have you missed out part of your verb?

I shall visit my aunty next week

After lunch we shall visit the school

John decided to go to the library and borrow some books.

John plans to borrow some money from the bank

It is not a good habit to borrow something from people

The musical concerts will be held in Germany next year.

The elections will be held by December

He will be held responsible for the incident

Neither of the girls are keen on taking up sewing.

They are having their dinner

They are cleaning the house

Aaron usually drinks milk but yesterday he asked for tea instead.

He drinks a lot of water

He drinks water from the tap

Harry, like his brother, is a good athlete.

He is washing his car

He is pressing the wrong button

Either of the shirts looks good on you.

It looks like he is searching for something

He looks handsome

Adverb

Kim does not want to join us for dinner as she has already ~~taken~~ hers. eaten OR had

He has already ~~taken~~ his lunch eaten OR had

The building is already completed

Since you are not the culprit, you should not be worried about the interrogation.

Since yesterday there was no rain at all Ungrammatical>>There has been no rain at all since yesterday.

I have worked for the company since the 1990s.

It is the most exciting movie I have seen

That is the most attractive colour

Most people love shopping

Auxiliary Verb

Everyone in my family has a mobile phone.

It's a car that has air bags

The cat has run away

I usually have my dinner at half past seven in the evening.

I have studied today

I have slept this afternoon

Relative pronoun

No matter what she did or said, he would not forgive her.

He really enjoys what he does best

He only does what is right in life

This is the girl whom we were talking about.

The man whom you met is my friend

This is the person to whom I sent my job application

Conjunction

The pant was uncomfortable so Jack refused to wear it. "pants" = trousers - always in the plural.

He was hungry so he ate some food

It rained so I did not go out today

sentences correct?

Solomon_13000 — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:36:17 GMT

Are the sentences below correct in terms of the use of preposition and so on in italic?

Preposition

Neither Amy nor her sisters like to do ironing every week.

He is like his mother

He is always like that

besides working at the restaurant, he also works at the garage.

He is watching TV besides eating

Everyone besides Jane went to the birthday party

The ferry departs at hourly interval.

I stay at my parents house

He wasnât at home last night

John was accused of stealing the box of coins.

John is the son of Jacob

I knew him since January of Last year

Verb

Miss Wong came early to make coffee for everyone, didnât she?

There are things we didnât know until John told us

He didnât study yet he passed in his exams

The naughty boy was running at that time, wasnât he?

I wasnât hungry just now

He wasnât accepted for the job

I shall Madam Andrea in Scotland after my examinations.

I shall visit my aunty next week

After lunch we shall visit the school

John decided to go to the library and borrow some books.

John plans to borrow some money from the bank

It is not a good habit to borrow something from people

The musical concerts will be held in Germany next year.

The elections will be held by December

He will be held responsible for the incident

Neither of the girls are keen on taking up sewing.

They are having their dinner

They are cleaning the house

Aaron usually drinks milk but yesterday he asked for tea instead.

He drinks a lot of water

He drinks water from the tap

Harry, like his brother, is a good athlete.

He is washing his car

He is pressing the wrong button

Either of the shirts looks good on you.

It looks like he is searching for something

He looks handsome

Adverb

Kim does not want to join us for dinner as she has already taken hers.

He has already taken his lunch

The building is already completed

Since you are not the culprit, you should not be worried about the interrogation.

Since yesterday there was no rain at all

I have worked for the company since the 90âs

It is the most exciting movie I have seen

That is the most attractive colour

Most people love shopping

Auxiliary Verb

Everyone in my family has a mobile phone.

Its a car that has air bags

The cat has run away

I usually have my dinner at half past seven in the evening.

I have studied today

I have slept this afternoon

Relative pronoun

No matter what she did or said, he would not forgive her.

He really enjoys what he does best

He only does what is right in life

This is the girl whom we were talking about.

The man whom you met is my friend

This is the person to whom I sent my job application

Conjunction

The pant was uncomfortable so Jack refused to wear it.

He was hungry so he ate some food

It rained so I did not go out today

Re: What's the last movie you've seen?

Goodman — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:33:52 GMT

ETJW-CMD wrote:

Dear Goodman,

I am one of Hoaâs friends, a member of a friendly yet private English-To-Join-the-World Club that we co-founded here in Vietnam. Last night, she showed me this thread and asked for my opinion. My first reaction was that the present perfect and past tense combination - in that particular example - is illogical. However, I could understand where she came from - It is not grammatical correctness but situational acceptability.

When we get together at our weekly meetings, we sometimes have a good, respectful laugh at the craziness and freedom of English language. Richard Lederer writes, âIn this unreliable English tongue, greyhounds arenât grey; a woodchuck is a groundhog; glowworms are fireflies, but fireflies are not flies (they are beetle)â and âhot dogs can be cold, darkrooms can be lit.â â¦ âSometimes you have to believe that all English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what other language do people drive in a parkway and park in a driveway?â

Such a free spirit coupled with the humors of poking at oneself is what makes the language and its people so wonderful to us.

Having said that, I must be fair to Hoa, whom I know of, is a rather sensitive and wonderful lady. I read the text from the sites that she shared - particularly the BBC site â and found out the reason why she selected it. On page one of the BBC text, we see, âWhat was the last film you saw?â and on page five, âthink of the film you have seen recently, what was it called?â The last one Hoa equated it to âwhat was the film you have seen recently called?â That is her way to express her âcoexistenceâ ideal: an ungrammatical sentence â but informally acceptable - can coexist with a prescriptive one.

Perhaps, the missing connection for all of us is the word recently, which goes rather well with the present perfect!

Thank you and Have a good day!
Chau My

Hello ETJW-CMD,

First, on behalf of the forum,welcome! I am not exactly sure the purpose of your post but I take it that you are speaking on behalf of Hao Thai. The particular sentence that touched off a rather messy debate was " what was the last film you have seen" if I am not mistaken. By the face value of this sentence, it's deemed ungrammatical in my opinion but as usual, there are always different views. What I said two postings ago which in some ways seemed to share something in common with your post, if I read it right. Nonetheless, I still believe that past tense and present perfect can't coexist in one single sentence. But they are possible in relative clauses. If we want to talk about the name of the movie you saw, we can say "what is the name of the movie you saw last week?" which is clearly a grammatically correct past tense sentence . But when we try to combine simple past with present perfect, such as "what was the name of the movie you have seen recently?", it just sounds awkward to most ears, although it may be understood. That said, I agree adverbs such as "since" and "recently" along with many others can reflect a present perfect tone. But "what was the name of the movie you have seen recently?" is still not a sound sentence.

Two postings ago I said:

_{There are plenty of instances where present perfect and simple past can co-exist, but not in the same frame of sentence structure. i.e. âwhen was the last time you have visited Disneylandâ? (wrong)}

_{If my English knowledge is correct, the following is a valid sentence. Not only it contains present prefect and past, it has a present reference as well.}

_{I have been to Disneyland with my family many times but I canât remember which year the last visit was.}_{This kind of mixed tense scenario happens}