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Re: Him killed I!

Huevos — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:32:13 GMT

Anonymous
Is that correct? it seems wrong

It's not wrong. Normally in English sentences are ordered "Subject (S), Verb (V), Indirect Object (IO), Direct Object (DO)" but can run OSV, and, where pronouns are used in substitution of either the subject or object (e.g. your sentence) there are no word order constraints so OVS is possible. That said, such a construction is pretty unusual and almost certainly would be limited to use in literature for effect.

Re: minimal, minimalist, minimalistic

Avangi — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:13:29 GMT

I don't know either. I tend to think of the terms in connection with art. Of course "minimal" as an adjective predates all of that and is still used in the pure sense, as does and is the noun, minimum. "Please keep your paragraphs to a minimum." I guess "minimum" is also used as an adjective, but not exactly in the same way as "minimal." "Sign me up for the minimum donation." "She shows only minimal signs of having contracted the disease."

A minimalist painting is one which has been painted by a minimalist painter, who (I think) subscribes to the principles of minimalism, which could best be described as minimalistic.

Whether or not there's a parallel movement in literature which may be applied to the style of your journal entries, I'm not sure. Perhaps so.

But I don't think that's what you mean. I think you're simply talking about keeping your entries to a minimum, and not about stylistic issues. If so, I'd find another word. "I've decided to keep my journal entries as simple and as brief as possible." Or, "I've decided to keep my journal as simply and succinctly as possible."

I may be way off base.   Best wishes, - A.

Edit. Note that "keep" has slightly different meanings in these last two examples.
1."Keep it short." Keep = contain/restrict/control     I keep my dog on a leash.    I keep my gun loaded.
2. "Keep a record."   Keep = (I give up on a synomym) protect/maintain (that sounds the same as the other one) I can't get the action part of it! -   the "recording" part.           Anyway, they're different.

Re: grammar help needed

Clive — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:42:40 GMT

Hi,

1) Where I think we need to carve out some territory of definition in practice is to say that proselytism is relating to people different from oneself by using means and methods with ulterior motives in order to convert. But what's happening in secular literature is that it is moving even beyond the ulterior method definition, where some secular specialists on human rights and international law use proselytism to mean "any attempt by religious believers to win converts from other religions or from your religion." And when we see proselytism move into that extensive and broad an expression, it then curtails on the invitation to witness and to make meaning for people, in terms of engaging them around the validity of Christian perspective.

Can an be deleted? No. Kindly check punctuation usage in the above passage and insert punctuation where needed. You might consider not starting sebnetenes with 'But' and 'And'. Could you perhaps say 'However' and 'Moreover'?

(2) They have a vision for what I would call “soul care,” without the same vision and commitment to social care. May I suggest to us that mature evangelists have discerning minds that believe in the whole counsel of God? May I suggest to us, as you listen to that definition, that evangelists are not restricted to religion?

May I suggest to us, as we think about engagement, can we first of all give permission and take permission. That is to say, people have the right to self-define. I also need to take the responsibility to self-define.

Is the usage " May I suggest to us" ok? Please check It seems a bit oddd to say 'us' here. Why not just say 'May I suggest'?

(3) We have surrendered to life-denying violence that simply incites more deadly and devastating violence.

Is the usage of " We have surrender to" ok? Please check.

(4) Half of them were Muslim and half of them were Christian. This is OK, because the two words are used as adjectives.

Should the above sentence have a plural usage "Half of them were Muslims and half of them were Christians." This is also OK, but the two words are nouns.

(5) We need more modeling of how to deal with diversity in positive ways.

Can of be replaced with on? Please check. Either is acceptable.

(6) One of my appeals in the Canadian context has been that, if we had been better at dealing with diversity between us as Christians in this country, we would be relating to cultural diversity in a lot more positively today than we are at this point.

Is the in insertion ok? Please check. No, you need to remove it.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: Some questions

Hoa Thai — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:35:38 GMT

1) skilled vs skillful

The word skilled is related to specialized training / education, while skillful is used to indicate proficiency.

2) what's the difference between a northern wind and a northerly wind?

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, northern means "in or from the north", and northerly means "towards or in the north". Therefore, I would venture to say that the former is locationally related, and the latter is directionally connected. Native English speakers may have a better feel for the difference between the two of them.

3) blanket vs quilt

"A blanket is a large piece of woven material; a quilt is made of two layers of fabric with a layer of cotton, wool, feathers, or down in between, all stitched firmly together, usually in a decorative crisscross design." (www.answer.com). They are used as a covering for warmth. Some people also use a quilt for adornment.

4) I'm looking for a verb that describe actions such as: Change from Celcius degree to Farenheit degree or from meters to foot... Convert

5) I'm looking for a noun: Vietnamese ten graders are being divided into three_____. Students of _______ A major (ie: They learn these subjects more than others) in Math, Physics and Chemistry, students of _______ D major in a foreign language and Math and Literature, students of _____ C deosn't major in any particular subject... How can we fill in the blank with one word?

groups / group, classes / class, streams / stream.

Some questions

Belly — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:17:41 GMT

1) skilled vs skillful

2) what's the difference between a northern wind and a northerly wind?

3) blanket vs quilt

4) I'm looking for a verb that describe actions such as: Change from Celcius degree to Farenheit degree or from meters to foot...

Thanks in advance

Re: Which of the following sentences is correct??

Seraphin — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:17:40 GMT

Â the sentence seems a bit too "literature-sque", but i think since wait can be a noun, personally i would use

"sometimes waiting itself also seems to be a wait"Â

$0.02 from a non-native speakerÂ

Re: Singular or a plural verb with a collective noun?

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:23:52 GMT

Dear Marina, I am glad you care a lot for English plural forms of nouns. You are probably learning English as a Second Language.

The noun police is followed by a plural verb because it is a very big group of people. For one Individual, we talk of a Policeman or a policewoman. For the word Family, I need to check with other coleagues.

Chris, a Student

Kigali Institute of Education

Faculty of Arts and Languages

English and Literature With Education (Year III)

Re: content that comes after a comma

Marius Hancu — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:46:06 GMT

There are no rules, and I think that you are trying too much to cram rules in your head, instead of reading more in order to get the real feel for the language from the literature, but:

1 is more natural than 2, which is strange, but could be used in literary contexts.

Placing adjectives after nouns should be done only very reluctantly.

Definite articles in scientific writing

geni4u — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:40:35 GMT

Hi Teachers,

I'm doing literature review for a paper and have a question. When I say, "In Paco (2007), (x or the?) simulated values showed similar patterns as (x or the?) observed values. The simulated values were averaged over (a or the?) study area.", do I have to use the definite article "the" for all cases because all the nouns are specific to the Paco's work? Can I assume that the reader is aware of the fact that those simulated/observed values and the study area referred to those used in Paco's work?

Can definiteness be implied by just adding "the" or should it be explicitly defined somewhere else before using "the"?

Let's say we have two sentences: "The simulated values in this study suggest that ... In Paco (2007), the simulated values ..." Does this suggest that the two "the simulated values" just came from my study? Or can "In Paco (2007)," imply that the second occurence of "the simulated values" is specific to Paco's work?

Thank you in advance.

Re: What is ??appositive clause??

CalifJim — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:19:35 GMT

Now, regarding the appostive aspect, I believe both 'that I wrote' and 'that I had resigned' are appositive clauses.

In my experience in reading the literature of linguistics the term appositive (that clause) is restricted to content clauses; the term is not typically applied to relative clauses.

That's a good observation about the difference in the use of that in these two types of clauses, by the way. In the content clauses that is a complementizer; in the relative clauses it's a pronoun.