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Re: use of I "would"

Anonymous — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:11:52 GMT

ElevenTattic wrote:

I think you'd rather say "Wherever I look, I see her." without "would", because:

(apparently) the sentence is about anywhere you look, you can see her, and this kind of sentences is about something that's always or usually happening. "The Present Simple" is used in this kind of sentences, when you want to convey a meaning of something that's usually happening, for example:

"I play football everyday." means that football is a habit, that's usually (or even always) happening, and most importantly you "still" have this habit, and you'll still be playing football tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, etc

Hi, ElevenTattic

Let me disagree. Both the OP's original sentences (Wherever I looked I'd see her and Wherever I'd look, I'd see her) are OK, as Tidus wrote, and they both clearly refer to the past.

I'd see her = I would see her, where would expresses past habit / action that regularly happened in the past.

See http://www.1-language.com/englishcoursenew/unit45_grammar.htm (paragraph "past habit").

Re: use of I "would"

ElevenTattic — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:44:36 GMT

I think you'd rather say "Wherever I look, I see her." without "would", because:

(apparently) the sentence is about anywhere you look, you can see her, and this kind of sentences is about something that's always or usually happening. "The Present Simple" is used in this kind of sentences, when you want to convey a meaning of something that's usually happening, for example:

"I play football everyday." means that football is a habit, that's usually (or even always) happening, and most importantly you "still" have this habit, and you'll still be playing football tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, etc

Same as:

"Wherever I LOOK, I SEE her." means anywhere you look at, you see her, use it especially when you want to indicate that this is still happening to you.

Re: Question in Past Perfect and Continuous

Marius Hancu — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 23:28:31 GMT

Onh1986 wrote:
What do we put Present Perfect Continuous in this not Present Simple?

-It is obvious that they have been playing football in the park.

It's continuous because the author wants to give the reader, in this case, the feeling that the action took place over some time, and continued for some time; it is present perfect because it's related to the present, when you're making your finding "It is obvious."

Re: Question in Past Perfect and Continuous

Penicillin — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 22:08:03 GMT

What do we put Present Perfect Continuous in this not Present Simple?

-It is obvious that they have been playing football in the park.

Re: Wish to study voice

miriam — Sun, 20 Jun 2004 00:48:46 GMT

It would be impossible to write everything there is to know about "voice" in English in just one post, but I hope the following will help.

In English, a transitive verb can be used either in the 'active' or the 'passive' voice.
If the person or thing denoted by the subject is the 'doer' of the action expressed by the verb, then the verb is in the active voice:
"The boy kicked the football."

If, on the other hand, the person or thing denoted by the subject is the 'receiver' of the action, then the verb is in the passive voice:
"The football was kicked by the boy."

There are several exceptions to the following rule but, basically, and making perhaps a very broad generalisation, the direct object of a verb in the active voice will become the subject of that verb in the passive voice. The original subject becomes the agent of the verb in the passive voice (usually introduced by the pteposition "by").
Active voice: 'the boy': subject, 'the football': direct object.
Passive voice: 'the football': subject, (by) 'the boy': agent.

The auxiliary verb of the passive voice is 'to be'. Basically, to form the passive voice of any transitive verb, you use the verb 'to be' to indicate tense, and you then add the past participle of the main verb (that will be an -ed form if the verb is regular).
Examples:

Active Voice ....................................................... Passive Voice
"I visit my sister daily."(present simple)........"My sister is visited daily (by me)."
"Mr. Black is teaching this class."................."This class is being taught (by Mr. Black)."
"She will buy a car next week."...................."A car will be bought (by her) next week."
"Mary was writing letters all night."..............."Letters were being written all night (by Mary)."
"The police arrested the thieves."................."The thieves were arrested (by the police)."

This is only a brief overview of the structure of the passive voice. But there is much more to say: when it is used, when the agent is not used, what transitive verbs are not -as a norm- used in the passive voice, when the indirect object can become the subject of a sentence in the passive voice, etc.

Please let me know if you'd like to learn all of that, or what else you might need.

Miriam

Re: Grammar

learner — Fri, 07 May 2004 15:40:21 GMT

It seemes to me that "Last summer I played football every day" is better.

Past Simple / Present Simple are used to show routines, habits, which is the case.

We use the Past Continuous mostly to show that an action in the past was interrupted:

"Last summer I was playing football when I broke my leg"

"I was watching TV when she called."

you can also use a specific time as an interruption:

"Last night at 6 p.m., I was watching TV."