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/>whereby <br />wherefore <br />wherefrom <br />wherein <br />whereof <br />whereon <br />whereto <br />whereupon <br />wherewith <br />which/soever <br />whichever <br />whipcord <br />whipsaw <br />whirlpool <br />whirlwind <br />whiskbroom <br />whitecap <br />whitefish <br />whitewall <br />whitewash <br />wholehearted <br />wholesale <br />wholesome <br />whomever <br />widespread <br />wildcat <br />wildfire <br />wildfowl <br />wildlife <br />windburn <br />windfall <br />windflower <br />windlass <br />windmill <br />windowpane <br />windowsill <br />windpipe <br />windshield <br />windsock <br />windstorm <br />windswept <br />windward <br />wingspan <br />wingspread <br />wintergreen <br />wintertime <br />wiretap <br />wisecrack <br />wishbone <br />witchcraft <br />withdraw <br />withdrawn <br />withhold <br />within <br />without <br />withstand <br />woe/begone <br />wolfhound <br />womankind <br />wonderland <br />woodcarving <br />woodchuck <br />woodcraft <br />woodcut <br />woodcutter <br />woodland <br />woodpecker <br />woodsman <br />woodwing <br />woodwork <br />woolgathering <br />work/aday <br />workbench <br />workbook <br />workday <br />workhorse <br />workhouse <br />workman <br />workmanlike <br />workmanship <br />workout <br />workroom <br />workshop <br />worktable <br />worldwide <br />wormwood <br />worthwhile <br />wrongdoer <br />yachtsman <br />yardarm <br />yardstick <br />yearbook <br />yourselfhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatThisErrorIsCalled/gxzbq/post.htm#571386Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:24:57 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:571386AvangiHi,<br /><br />I&#39;d say &quot;agreement of subject and verb.&quot;&nbsp; It becomes more complicated when you ask a question, because you have to worry about the person, number and tense of the principle verb (to mean) and also the person, number and tense of the auxilliary verb (helping verb) to do.<br /><br /><em>It means nothing.<br /><br />It meant nothing.<br /></em><br />&quot;It&quot; is third person singular.&nbsp; <em><span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline;">It means</span></em> is correct present tense.&nbsp; <em><span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline;">It meant</span></em>&nbsp; is correct past tense.<br /><br />When you ask the question, use the bare infinitive of the principle verb &quot;to mean.&quot;&nbsp; In your examples, it doesn&#39;t change.<br /><br />The agreement is done by the auxilliary verb.&nbsp; <em>It <span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline;">does.</span>&nbsp; It <span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline;">did.</span></em>&nbsp;&nbsp; <em>What does it mean?&nbsp; What did it mean?<br /><br /></em>To be more specific about your&nbsp;error, you failed to use the infinitive form of the principle verb, <strong><em><span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline;">mean</span></em></strong>.&nbsp; You used the simple present&nbsp;and past of <strong><em><span style="TEXT-DECORATION:underline;">both</span></em></strong> the principle verb and the auxilliary verb.&nbsp; You might call it an error in verb formation. (I guess you&#39;d have to say the agreement of subject and verb is correct.)<br /><br />&nbsp; - A.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TenseMixUpOverload/gxvqz/post.htm#571341Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:47:39 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:571341macavalesi9<span style="COLOR:#0000bf;">My doubt concerns the way I&#39;ve changed the tenses in each sentence. <br /><br />&quot;Nick <strong>sat</strong> down, <strong>thinking</strong> about all that had happened, <strong>wondering</strong> where it would take him, <strong>wondering</strong> if it made any sense to stay&nbsp; any longer. He <strong>took</strong> out his cellphone and <strong>began dialing</strong> a number, even as a million doubts <strong>assaulted</strong> him. A loud song blared out from the speakers but he didn&#39;t take note...&quot;<br /><br />Here, Nick &quot;sat&quot; is clearly a past tense. <span style="COLOR:#111111;">Yes</span>.<br />But right after the comma I&#39;ve used &quot;thinking&quot;, then another comma, &quot;wondering&quot;, and so on. So my question would be, what tense are those parts of the sentences in? He sat down in the past, but this thinking and wondering, at what time frame are they occurring in? I hope I&#39;m asking the right questions here, I&#39;m not very good with the terminology&#39;&#39;<br /><br /><b>&quot;Nick <strong>sat</strong> down, <strong>thinking</strong> about all that had happened, <strong>wondering</strong> where it would take him, <strong>wondering</strong> if it made any </b><br /><strong><em>as i have said the sentences are right.such words as &#39;he sat down THÄ°NKÄ°NG,SPEAKÄ°NG..etc are used also to not use the same words again.because its unnecesarry.<br />you may have said tgis sentences such as &#39;nick sat down.he was thinking(or he thought) about all that happened.he wondered where it would take him.he wondered if it made any..<br />but as i have said there is no need to longten the sentences...and here the practicality comes into being.</em></strong></span>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TenseMixUpOverload/gxvpc/post.htm#571321Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:18:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:571321CliveHi,<br /><span style="COLOR:#0000bf;">My doubt concerns the way I&#39;ve changed the tenses in each sentence. <br /><br />&quot;Nick <strong>sat</strong> down, <strong>thinking</strong> about all that had happened, <strong>wondering</strong> where it would take him, <strong>wondering</strong> if it made any sense to stay&nbsp; any longer. He <strong>took</strong> out his cellphone and <strong>began dialing</strong> a number, even as a million doubts <strong>assaulted</strong> him. A loud song blared out from the speakers but he didn&#39;t take note...&quot;<br /><br />Here, Nick &quot;sat&quot; is clearly a past tense. <span style="COLOR:#111111;">Yes</span>.<br />But right after the comma I&#39;ve used &quot;thinking&quot;, then another comma, &quot;wondering&quot;, and so on. So my question would be, what tense are those parts of the sentences in? He sat down in the past, but this thinking and wondering, at what time frame are they occurring in? I hope I&#39;m asking the right questions here, I&#39;m not very good with the terminology. <br /><span style="COLOR:#111111;">The words &#39;thinking / wondering / wondering&#39; are just participles acting as adjectives which describe Nick.&nbsp;They don&#39;t involve any tense at all. The tense is supplied by the verb &#39;sat&#39;. Consider these simple examples which illustrate this point.<br /><br /><em>Nick sat, thinking.<br />Nick sits, thinking.<br />Nick will sit, thinking.<br /></em></span><br />And the next sentence again starts in a past sense.<span style="COLOR:#111111;">Yes, it&#39;s Simple Past</span>. And then, the &quot;began dialing&quot; what tense would that be, past progressive? <span style="COLOR:#111111;">Yes.</span> Basically I&#39;m really confused. A little explanation would help.&nbsp;<span style="COLOR:#111111;">Simple Past focuses on the event that happened. Progressive stresses&nbsp;duration. There&#39;s nothing at all unusual about using these two tenses together.<br /><br /><em>eg I saw Tom yesterday. He was walking down the street.<br /><br /></em>Best wishes, Clive<br /></span></span>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TenseMixUpOverload/gxvnr/post.htm#571285Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:47:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:571285nevernessThank you for the prompt reply Clive.<br /><br />My doubt concerns the way I&#39;ve changed the tenses in each sentence. <br /><br />&quot;Nick <strong>sat</strong> down, <strong>thinking</strong> about all that had happened, <strong>wondering</strong> where it would take him, <strong>wondering</strong> if it made any sense to stay&nbsp; any longer. He <strong>took</strong> out his cellphone and <strong>began dialing</strong> a number, even as a million doubts <strong>assaulted</strong> him. A loud song blared out from the speakers but he didn&#39;t take note...&quot;<br /><br />Here, Nick &quot;sat&quot; is clearly a past tense. But right after the comma I&#39;ve used &quot;thinking&quot;, then another comma, &quot;wondering&quot;, and so on. So my question would be, what tense are those parts of the sentences in? He sat down in the past, but this thinking and wondering, at what time frame are they occurring in? I hope I&#39;m asking the right questions here, I&#39;m not very good with the terminology. And the next sentence again starts in a past sense. And then, the &quot;began dialing&quot; what tense would that be, past progressive? Basically I&#39;m really confused. A little explanation would help. Thanks a lot again.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TenseMixUpOverload/gxvmg/post.htmSun, 28 Sep 2008 13:48:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:571274nevernessHi all,<br /><br />This is my first post, and i really hope someone can help me here.<br />I was writing this piece, when it suddenly struck me that there seems to be little tense consistency in my writing.<br />For example, consider this (just a contrived piece):<br /><br />&quot;Nick <strong>sat</strong> down, <strong>thinking</strong> about all that had happened, <strong>wondering</strong> where it would take him, <strong>wondering</strong> if it made any sense to stay&nbsp; any longer. He <strong>took</strong> out his cellphone and <strong>began dialing</strong> a number, even as a million doubts <strong>assaulted</strong> him. A loud song blared out from the speakers but he didn&#39;t take note...&quot;<br /><br />I&#39;ve bolded the areas where I feel the conflicts occur. It really sounds alright, but does it comply to conventional English grammar. I mean, is it alright, or should I be doing something differently here.<br /><br />I would be really grateful to anyone who could explain the rightness/wrongness of this style. I just can&#39;t seem to be able to make sense out of it.<br /><br />Thanks in advance.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentPerfectSentence/gxcdd/post.htmFri, 26 Sep 2008 07:06:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:570540baibai<br />I&#39;ve run into the following question<br /><br />when you received a notice of the Court ruling, say, from the 9th Appellate Court, say, on September 24 (so two days from now), and you are reporting it<br />to your friend.&nbsp; Under this circumstance, which one of following sentences is correct<br /><br />1.&nbsp; I have received a court ruling from the 9th Appellate Court on September 25th, 2008.<br /><br />2. I received a court ruling from the 9th Appellate Court on September 25th, 2008.<br /><br />By the way, if you had received the court ruling on September 26th or 24th, assuming today is September 27th, what would be the appropriate sentence , particualry<br />use of present perfect tense would be approrpaite under this circumstance ?&nbsp; or use of the present perfect tense would be more appropriate the more distant from today the time in which the referenced action took place ?<br /><br /><br />On a side note, I am wondering about whether I should use &quot;referring to&quot; or &quot;reference to&quot; when I have to write the following sentence &quot; the sequence of&nbsp;some amino acids should be defined&nbsp;by referring to their respective sequence identifying numbers&quot; or &quot;the sequence of some amino acids should be defined by reference to their respective sequence identifying numbers.&quot;&nbsp; Between the two sentences, which one is more approrpaite ? <br /><br />Thanks in advancehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeoneCheckGammar/gxrwm/post.htm#570056Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:57:43 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:570056Pjlusk83Hello,<br />&nbsp;I am going to put my suggestions and corrections next to your words, but they will be in bold, in paraenthese, and on the right side of the word(s) so you know which word and what my suggestion is. Is that ok with you? Tell me what you think. Also, in case you did not notice, you seem to writing an article, so this needs to be kept in second or third person.&nbsp; I will not correct but a few tenses of first to second or third because I feel you would understand better if you studied that better yourself, and I am not an English major and am afraid of leading the wrong path, but I will do what I know without hesitation. I hope this helps you out with whatever you are doing.<br />Penny<br /><br /><BLOCKQUOTE><div><img src="/Themes/englishforums/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>sebayanpendam</strong></div><div> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"><font><font>Health is indisputably<strong>(<font>eminently</font>)</strong> important to all of us <strong>(most individual instead of &quot;all of us&quot; using &quot;all of us&quot; is considered wordy).</strong> Good health enables us<strong>(people)</strong> to carry out our<strong>(their)</strong> daily routine with a positive view of life. There are many ways we can do to keep good health<strong>(a number of ways to keep in good health</strong>). </font></font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"><font>First, we should practise<strong>(practice)</strong> good eating habits and do not overeat.<strong>(take out and do not over eat, instead write something like:&nbsp;First, we should practice good eating habits, such as eating in moderation/ or watching&nbsp;our food intake)</strong>&nbsp;We must drink lots of water so that we will not get exhaustion easily<strong>(</strong>here is an idea:<strong>Second, drink plenty of water to prevent dehydration and&nbsp;early exhaustion)</strong>&nbsp;Drinking water does not mean we need to drink eight glasses a day.<strong>(remove the period, add a semicolon ;)</strong>&nbsp;It depends on how much we need to spend our energy on things that we do. Besides, it is advisable to drink fruit and vegetable juices.<strong>(remove the period, add a semicolon ;)</strong>&nbsp;These juices provide essential nutrients such as vitamins and minerals. As a result, our immune systems will strengthen too<strong>(remove too)</strong>&nbsp;and our bodies can resist many diseases. </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"><font>Another way to <strong>(</strong>suggestion: remove &quot;Another way to&quot; and replace with: <strong>Third,)</strong>maintain our healthy bodies is exercise regularly. Exercise is very important to keep us fit. Aside from burning off fat, exercise helps make<strong>(remove make)</strong>&nbsp;our blood circulation <strong>(circulate)</strong>better. <strong>(This small paragraph is completely out of place, you are jumping from eating and drinking, to exercise then back to eating and drinking.&nbsp; Move this paragraph under your paragraph about smoking because it fits nicely with your last sentences.)</strong></font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"><font>There are things that we must avoid when it comes to food. Do not take food that have<strong>(</strong>suggestion: <strong>...when it comes to food. Try not to ingest a lot of food that is high in...)</strong>&nbsp;high fat, sugar and salt content such as fried chicken, junk food, carbonated<strong> (</strong>adding the word beverages will make more sense here<strong>)</strong>. Taking too <strong>(Ingesting too)</strong>much of unhealthy food can lead to diseases like<strong>(such as)</strong>&nbsp;heart disease and diabetes. <strong>(add this paragraph just after the final sentence of your second paragraph: As a result, our immune systems will become stronger and our bodies can resist many diseases)</strong></font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"><font><strong>(</strong>suggestion: <strong>Finally, avoid...)</strong>Avoid smoking because it contains nothing but harmful nicotine.<strong>(remove nothing but harmul nicotine, in this place put something like: because it contains over a hundred harmful chemicals)</strong>&nbsp;This property<strong>(habit)</strong> can destroy our lungs and even worse causes<strong>(remove the&nbsp;&#39;s&#39;)</strong>&nbsp;cancer. Not only, smoking produces bad effects to smokers, but also harms non-smokers who are near them. <strong>(</strong>suggestion:<strong> ...cancer; smoking is also nearly as harmful to non-smokers through second hand smoke because the non-smokers catch half of the chemicals and also produce negative results to the non-smoker&#39;s body)</strong></font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"><font>Healthy people can have longer lives and are more energetic <strong>(</strong>suggestion: <strong>Healthy people can live longer, more energetic lives)</strong>. If we<strong>(you)</strong> really love ourselves<strong>(yourself)</strong>, we should start change our eating habits and take exercise right now before it is too late. (<strong>then watch your habits for any need of change and begin living health today!) (</strong>suggestion, a quote about living healthy by anyone famous, try this google search <a href="http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&amp;hl=en&amp;rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS288&amp;q=famous+health+quotes">http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&amp;hl=en&amp;rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS288&amp;q=famous+health+quotes</a><br /></font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"><font></font>&nbsp;</p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;"><font>Thanks</font></p></div></BLOCKQUOTE>http://www.englishforums.com/English/TensesOnQuestions/gnjhg/post.htm#567721Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:00:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:567721AnonymousThank you. I think the phrase &#39;up for grabs&#39; with the &#39;s&#39; means &quot;up (open)&nbsp;for anyone to take.&quot;<br /><br />Why did Clive use &#39;cost&#39; rather than &#39;costs&#39; here?<br /><br /><span><span><font color="#0000bf">2. Joe went into a store and bought a candy that cost </font><span>one dollar</span> and a </span><span>chocolate bar</span><span> that cost <span>one dollar</span><span> and ten cents. <a style="COLOR:#295b8b;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;">How much did</a> he have to pay to the cashier?</span></span></span><br />&nbsp;<br />What is the difference between this and the number one sentence with your correction?<br /><br /><font color="#3366ff">1. The shirt</font><strong>,</strong><font color="#3366ff"> which cost</font><strong>s</strong><font color="#3366ff"> five dollars</font><strong>,</strong><font color="#3366ff"> is up for grab</font><strong>s</strong><font color="#3366ff">. </font>Do you know what &quot;up for grabs&quot; means?<font color="#3366ff"><br /></font><br /><br />&nbsp;http://www.englishforums.com/English/BasicGrammarQuestions/2/gnjbb/Post.htm#567614Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:40:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:567614CalifJimThey are all correct.&nbsp; </p><p>For lengthier discussions with lots of examples of the use of the past perfect tense after <i>before</i>, </p><p>see <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastPerfectTensePastTense/dgvnj/post.htm#281427">Re: before past perfect tense , past tense</a> and <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/PastSimpleOrPastPerfect/pwkx/post.htm#76191">Re: Past Simple or Past Perfect</a>.&nbsp; </p><p>This is a common pattern for expressing &quot;interruptive relationships&quot; between actions.&nbsp; (Leaving university &quot;interrupts&quot; the normal course of events which would have led to exams; the sacking &quot;interrupts&quot; the normal course of events which would have led to an explanation of the behavior.)&nbsp; The main clause contains the &quot;interrupting&quot; action.&nbsp; The <i>before</i> clause contains the &quot;interrupted&quot; action.&nbsp; Because the interrupted action has not taken place, the past perfect may be considered a way of expressing a counterfactual, that is, it may be considered a <u>subjunctive</u> with family resemblances to the <i>if</i> clause of the third conditional, thus:&nbsp; <i>if I had taken the final exam or if he had had a chance to explain</i>.<br /></p><p>CJ