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Re: staging area

Clive — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:19:20 GMT

Hi,

I wonder why it doesn't work. Show and 'stage'ing go well to my ears. It's just not what we say.

Could you give an example of staging area that happens in our daily life.

The construction site can only accommodate two trucks at a time.
The builders have created a staging area on some vacant land 2 miles away. All the trucks go there, and wait until it is their turn to go to the building site.

staging area = a temporary holding area, where 'people wait until things are ready to proceed'.

Best wishes, Clive

Reported speech?

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:28:54 GMT

Hi,

Let us pretend that I have a nice used pen for sale and I want to sell it to the highest bidder in a garage sale.

1. My friend: Hi, John said that he will buy it for *** dollars. Would you go for it?

In reported speech, the above construction wouldn't work and the sentence below, which seems the correct reported-speech version, doesn't seem much different in tems of the overall effect.

Hi, John said that he would buy it for *** dollars.

2. If I put a date at the end ofthe sentence, how can I report it?
My friend: Hi, John said that he will buy it for *** dollars on July 7th. Would you go for it?
Reported speech??
Hi, John said that he would buy it for *** dollars on July 7th. Right??

have read through and UNDERSTAND?

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:57:33 GMT

Hi,
I was writing an email the other day with a friend looking at my screen over my shoulder.
"I wanted to make sure you have read through the memo, and understand what is expected of you in this assignment"
The friend insisted that this was wrong construction, and taht I should have used understood , but I feel I was right. I am not very good with grammar, could someone please validate?
Thanks very much!
Bala

Re: Adjective

Goodman — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:08:07 GMT

Hi Tanit,
I guess it can be both depending on the construction....
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/likely

likely

Adjective

1. tending or inclined: likely to win

2. probable: the likely effects of the tunnel

3. appropriate for a purpose or activity: a likely candidate

Adverb

1. probably or presumably

2. not likely Informal definitely not [Old Norse lÄ«kligr]

USAGE: Likely as an adverb is preceded by another, intensifying adverb, as in it will very likely rain or it will most likely rain. Its use without an intensifier, as in it will likely rain, is regarded as unacceptable by most users of British English, though it is common in colloquial US English.

Re: longstop date

Anonymous — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:40:03 GMT

Longstop date would be translated as "fecha lÃmite", and is usually used in FEED (Front End Engineering Designe) - EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) Contracts. It is the date by which some aspect must be completed.

more grammar doubts!

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:36:34 GMT

(1) However, after being told she would not be allowed to present the speech herself, that instead it would be read at the assembly by a male student, she turned down the offer. Her future was in public speaking and she would not be denied.

Should it be "instead"? Can "that" be deleted? Please advise.

(2) Although she was determined not to marry, Lucy had not yet met Cincinnati hardware merchant Henry B. Blackwell, brother of Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell, the first women medical practitioners in the country. Seven years younger than she, Blackwell earnestly pursued Lucy for two years, begging for her hand in marriage.

Should it be " Seven years younger than her,"? Please check usage.

(3) Although she, as many of the other women in the movement, stitched shirts for Union soldiers, being domestic was not her calling and during the period, she helped found the Woman's National Loyal League, advocating full emancipation and enfranchisement for African Americans.

Please check comma usage in the above sentence.

(4) Slowly, she moved away from the more extreme positions and the persons supporting them, particularly the free love advocacy of presidential-candidate-to-be Victoria Woodhull and those who opposed all but federal suffrage mandates, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.

Do we need hyphen in "presidential-candidate-to-be"? Please clarify.

(5) She died at her home of cancer but refused to make her death the end of the firsts on her list. Her final wish was to be first person cremated in New England.

Should it be "was to be the first person"? Please check.

(6) Lack of paid employment was not an issue for Addams was a skilled fundraiser.

Is the sentence construction ok? Please check.

(7) Employing a changing and adaptable approach to organization, Addams established the first public playground in the city, started a post office and a savings bank, initiated the first juvenile court and offered bathing facilities for those who had none.

Do we need serial comma before "and offered bathing facilities"? Please clarify.

(8) Unfortunately, her career was short-lived for she was summoned home to help care for her ailing mother.

Do we need hyphen in "short-lived"? Please clarify.

Re: Use of "would rather"

MarvinTheMartian — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:34:49 GMT

Correct me if I'm wrong, Clive, but the way I understand it, the past and present subjunctive can be used interchangeably after "would rather".

I'd rather you be here before noon. / I'd rather you were here before noon.

I'd rather you only see me when I'm well. / I'd rather you only saw me when I'm well.

With all due respect to Marius, I find the Web (including Google) to be a poor way to validate the correctness of a sentence. It offers limited information and is unreliable at best. Even Google Books is riddled with inaccuracies, strange constructions and poorly-worded translations of foreign texts.

Re: the same as

Clive — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:32:52 GMT

Hi,

I think Clive told me something to the effect that you need to make a full sentence in order for me to make a proper construction. Yes, the idea was to look at the long sentence in order to see how to make the short one correctly.

Did I do these right?

My birthday is the same as Jill's (is) OK

The date for the meeting is the same as last month's (date). OK

The spoons I used are the same as the ones used when I was eating dinner the day before OK, but long.

The spoons I used at dinner are the same as (the spoons used by Jill) Jill's (at dinner). OK

I have the same book as (the book) Jane ~~/or Jane's???~~ (has)

The words in parentheses are those ones I used to construct full sentences but those do not seem be right. The above are OK.

Best wishes again, Clive

the same as

Anonymous — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:13:03 GMT

Hi,

I think Clive told me something to the effect that you need to make a full sentence in order for me to make a proper construction. Did I do these right?

My birthday is the same as Jill's (is)

The date for the meeting is the same as last month's (date).

The spoons I used are the same as the ones used when I was eating dinner the day before.

The spoons I used at dinner are the same as (the spoons used by) Jill's (at dinner).

I have the same book as (the book) Jane /or Jane's??? (has)

The words in parentheses are those ones I used to construct full sentences but those do not seem be right.

Re: Is this sentence correct

Creativeguru — Thu, 01 May 2008 06:23:15 GMT

Thanks Yoong Liat, is the sentence without to date is ok as follow

Over 3,000 sq ft of residential and commercial land has been developed.

what about following sentence is it correct

Over 3,000 sq ft of residential and commercial real estate land is under construction.