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Re: The Continuous tense

Tanit — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:52:57 GMT

Anonymous
Is it a rule that the auxiliary, the past participle and the main verb are immediately after one another with no other words inbetween?

No, such a rule does not exist.

Anonymous
For example: "Have you ever had the feeling that you're being followed?"
This sentence has both "have" and "had" and two continuous verbs in it ("feeling" and "being"), but is it neither Present Perfect Continuous nor Past Perfect Continuous?

Your sentence is in the present perfect. "Have you ever had ..."
"the feeling" is a gerund, and acts as if it were a noun (it's the direct complement of "have had"). Try and replace it with "idea", "impression" etc (I'm not saying they are perfect synonym for "feeling" -- it's just to demonstrate that you can have a noun there, and to show you that "feeling" is not acting as a verb in your sentence). Another clue to understand its function is that it's preceded by the article "the".
"that you're being followed" this is a "that-clause" which describes what sort of "feeling" we are talking about. "being" here has to be seen together with "are" and "followed": "are being followed" is present continuous, passive.

Re: Is there any hope for my writing

nona the brit — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:58:28 GMT

Not 100% technically but you don't seem to have any really serious problems with your writing. There are a few basics you need to continue to work on, articles and prepostions for example, but overall you are expressing yourself well. Easy to read and understand, this is a piece of intelligent writing, and the few mistakes don't really detract too much.

There are one or two odd word choices. I get the feeling you are using a dictionary to expand your vocabulary, which is admirable, but you have to remember that when words are listed as meanings or alternatives, they rarely work exactly as synonyms. Context is important.

Re: what does "friendly reverse" mean

Avangi — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:38:16 GMT

Blimey, 'olms, I'm embarrassed! But from whence the "reverse"? I read a couple dozen articles full of scores and never found "reverse" used alone as a synonym for "defeat." Only coupled with "friendly."

Many thanks, - W. (I pictured Emirates Stadium as being in the middle east.)

Re: Please, who is in US "co-op board" ???

Grammar Geek — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:09:16 GMT

JC, I actually think this article does a very good job of explaining what a co-op is. You need to read the entire article.

A co-op is a special type of real estate situation - the other owners in the building elect people from among themselves to serve on the co-op board. It is not ONE person; it is a group of people. They will determine whether someone is allowed to purchase a condo that is for sale.

You don't RENT when you're in a co-op. You buy. The co-op board will not collect your payments - that goes to your bank.

Please read the entire article and ask about things that confuse you.

EDIT: You will not be able to find a synonym. It's a very specific situation and there are not other words that mean the same thing.

Please, who is in US "co-op board" ???

JCDenton — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:56:06 GMT

Hi my EF friends,

Please, I'm looking for the synonym and the meaning of the word "co-op board" ? Truth be told, I have no idea, what does this person do, anyway according to this article from NY times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/18/realestate/18home.html?ex=1329368400&en=558f1561b204de33&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

I would bet, that you're paying your month rent to this person. right? Can you please confirm it and describe me other duties of this guy....

many thanks in advance...

regards

JCD

Die in the line of duty. Another shorter substitute/ synonym ?

Davidckchiu — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:18:36 GMT

I am writing an article which I need to refer to "die in the line of duty". I don't want to repeat that pharase too much to make it so boring. Is there any other phrase for that ?

I try to look up in dictionary but could not find any help. Is there any good site that can help ?

TIA.

David

Re: 1) What is the difference in pronouncing /^/ and

Philip — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:38:30 GMT

Belly wrote:

1) What is the difference in pronouncing /^/ and ( the symbols which represent the opposite side of /e/ , sorry, but I don't know how to type it, and can you suggest any other phrase which is synonym of the opposite side above?)

2)I've heard the phrase: Long-haul flight, yet I think long is enough here or we can replace it by lengthy flight, is it acceptable? Is there a change in meaning?

3)"If you have difficulties in reading the article, equip yourself with (or not?) a dictionary"

1. Do you mean 'upside-down'? That would be schwa, pronounced as in 'the' in rapid speech.

2. Long, lengthy are the same. Long-haul is an exagerated term, but still good.

3.'Equip with' is correct. However, I would simply say 'use'.

1) What is the difference in pronouncing /^/ and

Belly — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:54:19 GMT

1) What is the difference in pronouncing /^/ and ( the symbols which represent the opposite side of /e/ , sorry, but I don't know how to type it, and can you suggest any other phrase which is synonym of the opposite side above?)

2)I've heard the phrase: Long-haul flight, yet I think long is enough here or we can replace it by lengthy flight, is it acceptable? Is there a change in meaning?

3)"If you have difficulties in reading the article, equip yourself with (or not?) a dictionary"

Re: Please, correct my review of the film

Mister Micawber — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:29:56 GMT

I have underlined further problems and answered your questions inside your brackets:

I've seen this movie twice and it astonish me a lot. Each person fits into themselves a bit of truth about environment. Although there are a plenty of films with the same scenario but Mikhalkov can get the main purpose into a deep of our souls. .Old jew (No article and Jew should be capitalized) said that he had very many disadvantages except one small quality - becoming thoughtful. Also he said he valued it a lot. Another point was the playing of Garmash.Really position of affairs dawned on him when he heard about in the Nikolay's life. Suddenly his atrocity and aversion (you think that synonym would be better?--Yes) to "*** dirty Chechen cur" was dissipated and he obviously realized his dumb prejudices. And it's really bother me much, because a plenty of young people have so much insensate cruelty. Another person I want to emphasize is Alexei Gorbunov. The perfect actor. And there is no need to say something else.When he told them about his girlfriend I burst out laughing from his words like "It ought to *** her every 30 minutes". His conversation about school and funerals reveals pitiful reality. The school which was erected in a 800 km away from Moscow. But as was said: With good intentions are paved roads to hell .(attempt to make an idiom--'The road to hell is paved with good intentions') I think that it's impossible to do good with doing evil at the same time. The words of Mikhalkov are: "Russian officer cannot be former"(i don't know how to correct it because it was said in the film. i try to say that it's resents people who served in the Army and the notion of the officer cannot be separated from the them during the whole life. "former" a want to use as adjective seems that idea-- It doesn't work; try 'A Russian officer cannot escape his past.) It hurts me a lot when some kind of people who even have no notions about what the russian (what's wrong with it?-- capital R) officer was in the 19 century and what was honour in general.

Re: England breaks Sri Lanka jinx

Jackson6612 — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:13:51 GMT

Bluepalms wrote:
In which content does that sentence appear?
Is it a title of a sports-article?

But let me guess:
If it is about cricket, then the sentence means, that England have beaten Sri Lanka for the first time after some years or so.
jinx is a synonym for spell
Losing all the time against the same team is not understandable for some people, so they claim that their team was jinxed.
That's how people were like in the Middle Age for example (no offense, merely telling a fact).

Cheers,
Bluepalms

Hi BluePalms,

You are correct. Thanks for your help.

Best wishes, Jackson