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Re: Past tense or present tense

nona the brit — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:49:59 GMT

"... when you have both finished" sounds awkward, is it a common sentential constuct? Yes, it's a normal construct

And your sentence "What were the questions like?" looks good but can I also say "How were the questions like?"? No, but you could say "How were the questions?' or 'How did you find the questions?' How is not used with like.

You only need one question mark, and in British English it goes inside the quotation marks.

Re: The confusing teaacher

nona the brit — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 08:34:37 GMT

Overall points. Don't forget to end all sentences with a full stop/period/question mark. You overuse 'understand' in contexts where 'learn' would be better.

I've made a few corrections for you but otherwise spelling errors in red. Grammatical errors in blue. Parts that need rephrasing/do not make sense/a different word choice in yellow.

I am depressed

I always get problem speaking English.

It is very hard to speak English fluently

I canât express my opinions, ideas, or whatever is inside my head comfortably.

Vocabulary is the greatest problem.

No self confidence

However, Iâll try.

I was typing when the teacher asked what you were doing and wheter you were typing the lecture material or doing something else. I said that I was typing the lecture. Then she asked us not to type. She said that we could copy the material and we were asked to listen to her talk only.

I was confused. How could she prohibit us to make a note. In a classroom, students are encouraged to make a note what the teacher teach. The more diligent the student, the more he gets appreciation, eventhough appreciation is not the target. And I have the same opinion. Our target is understanding. In my opinion, making a note by computer is one step infront of one by ballpoint. Documents in computer can be re-arranged, sorted, freely cut and pasted, deleted or added, so that the contents are built on a specific manner according to our understanding. This process is almost impossible if we make a note on a book.

And she said about copying the material ?

Yes, absolutely. It should not be a question, because it has been traditionally done, every students knows automatically what they should do when a material in Powerpoint is infront of them. And it was also what teachers mean when they made a material in power point. So, the question was not understandable. (It sounds as though she issued an instruction, she didn't ask a question).

Then she said just listening to her in addition to copying the material :

You know that what a teacher said was not exactly the same as the material. Furthermore, the material was not complete. It contained short terms, words and sentences which were points of lecture. In turn, the points would be explained orally.

I couldnât guarantee that everybody could catch the points without listening to their explanation. And understanding the points didnât guarantee that they would remember them in another time. Thatâs why we made a note.

Then she said that typing disturbed consentration ?

I didnât think so. We were students. We were here to (You are mixing up present and past tense in this essay. Decide on one or the other) absorb, understand, and remember the lecture, not to discusse it. We could discuss it in another opportunity, when we were not burdened from system judging right or wrong, bad or good, and pass or fail.

The student atmosphere push us to study on that manner.

Furthermore, we understand better by listening and typing compared with listening only. Remember that the first way involves more senses than the second one. The only obstacle was teaching too fast.

Finally, she was the only teacher prohibited us.

By making a note, we try hard, we practice to express our understanding with our own sentences. We donât like becoming a robot. We are alive.

Re: please correct me

nona the brit — Mon, 08 May 2006 23:06:55 GMT

Where have you been
I was in the hospital (first two lines are past tense. the person was in hospital but is not now.
Why are you there
Because I'm sick (these lines are present tense. the person is in hospital at the moment.
What is the matter
I'v an earache (I've, but I have an earache would be better.)
How are you feeling now
I'm good

You also need to put in question marks.

Conditional sentence in a past tense with generalized subject

souroin — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 03:34:48 GMT

Hello everyone,

In working with my own people, still I am not an exception allowing myself to judge what is right or what is not right in English grammar and idiomatic expression, I felt this sentence bit awkward or strange - but it's rather my perception wrong?

The sentence reads:
When a study subject developed an adverse event, the investigator took appropriate and necessary measures to for the subject of the concerned AE...

My question mark hangs over "when 'a' study patient 'developed' 'an' adverse event. Do you say like this? Yet, I can't think of another expression to describe the past case in a nonspecific object in conditional sentense. Knowing the intention of this general guideline, I still can't let it go over my head, wondering why it can be written in generalized manner. I find 'if' would do bit more natural (I am not a native though). If the given sentence will apply to a future case, it sounds (perfectly?) alright to me, saying like when a patient develops an adverse event, the investigator will institute...
Does 'In any events of adverse events in patients, the investigator insituted...' sound more awkward?

Anybody read this, thank you for your time stopping by and reading through my lengthy message.

Regards,
Souroin