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Re: 1) What is the difference between reverential and reverent?

Clive — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:01:53 GMT

Hi,

He was lying on the table. Intransitive verb (no object) He was recumbent on the table.

He was laying plates on the table. Transitive verb, with object He was putting plates on the table.

Bob was laid on the table (by Tom). Passive voice. Tom put Bob on the table.

Best wishes, Clive

I'm looking for

Belly — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:13:57 GMT

1) I'm looking for a noun that desbribe this process:

You use too much dose of a kind of drug that the viruses in your body get used to it.

2) I'm looking for a verb here:

You are from another country, if you want to settle down in America, your relatives must__ so that you are eligible to come over there for immigration.

3) What is the difference between / Ou/ and /O/? How different when people pronounce Rico with an /o/ and an /O/ ?

4) A man who was run over by a car has his entrails a mess. Is there any adj replace for "a mess" in this sentence? ( they are badly run over and people can't realize their shape anymore because they have been twisted so much)

Thanks in advance

Be going to be+verb -ing / Will be+verb-ing (Future continuous)

Jesusengland — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:34:41 GMT

Hello.

I have read that there is a little, subtle difference between Be going to be+verb -ing and Will be+verb-ing . I am very interested in knowing what is that little difference.

Could help me, please. I would be very grateful.

Thanks.

Re: Be gone!

Ant_222 — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:37:56 GMT

I thought you were asking about the function of the verb "be"...

Anonymous
What I am asking is what is the difference between the two if there is one.

Different style and emotional colouration.

I think some sorcerer is likely to say "be gone!" to an evil spirit that he summoned by mistake...

Re: Rain-rains; Snow-Ice

Skrej — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:53:28 GMT

Hi Deepa,

I'm assuming you're only asking about the difference between the noun forms?

Rain is a non count noun, although it can be pluralized with a 's' to talk about a type.

For example:

The rain was welcome. (non count)
Spring rains bring many flowers. (type of rain)

Rain, of course, is simply water falling in drops from the sky.

Snow is small frozen ice crystals which fall from the sky.

Ice is simply frozen water. Normally we think of ice as being in chucks or sheets. Ice is water that's on the earth which has frozen, versus coming from the sky.

However, rain that falls frozen is referred to as sleet.

Ice, rain, and snow, can also be used as verbs.

Re: What is the difference between âa dayâ and âthe dayâ?

26TMNTJG2PG — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:52:33 GMT

Both types of sentences tend to have the same meaning generally speaking.

Grammatically, sentence 1 has the meaning that tomorrow is the day on which I am to be off duty (if we treat 'tomorrow' as a noun)

whereas sentence 2 appears to mean that tomorrow I'm taking a day off without specifying which day (if 'tomorrow' here is treated as an adverb).

Re: decide vs. intend

Scw72 — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:11:44 GMT

Thank you so much for your explanation. Now the difference between the two verbs seems to be clearer to me.. It was very helpful!!!

Re: I really don't get it :(

CalifJim — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:01:42 GMT

You don't normally say: I say I don't like cats. You just say: I don't like cats.

But supposing you did say such a thing,

a) My general opinion is that I don't like cats. > Your opinion on cats is that you don't like them.

b) I am hereby informing you, in case you haven't understood it from the words that have just now been coming out of my mouth, that I don't like cats. > Ah! So the words you are just now forming with your mouth mean that you don't like cats.

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The paraphrasing of one set of sentences after another is not going to do any good. Each verb and each expression has its own ways of showing a difference between the PS and the PC version. You will have to continue this exercise for the rest of your life before you reach the end of all possible pairs. It's better just to pay attention to the contexts in which these forms are used. If you have been speaking English already for many years, you may have already developed so much ability to communicate, even without always selecting the correct tenses, that it will be very difficult for you to pay attention to as much detail as is necessary to master the tenses.

I really don't get it :(

anglista2008 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:29:02 GMT

Hey there,

Guys, you know what? I've been studying English for so many years, I've read so many grammar books, I've been consulting lots of smaller and bigger issues concerning grammar... and still (sic) there are things that drive me crazy :( Take a look at this one:

1. the present simple vs the present continuous... what's the difference between:

a) Do you think what I think?
and
b) Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
and
c) Are you thiniking what I think?
and
d) Do you think what I'm thinking?

2. again, the same issue, but a different example

a) When we're getting familiar with a language, we may say we're picking it up. (why on earth the present continuous twice?)
and
b) When we get familiar with a language, we may say we pick it up.

3. Again, PS vs PC

a) My dad works as a sales representative.
b) My dad is working as a sales representative.

I often see, or read, that people use "work" in the PC, and I dunno why... I've always thought that "work" is something more stable, and more permanent, like "live"

4. phrasal verbs and their use... can I say the following sentences?

a) If we don't work out our problems, they'll hit us with a greater force next time.
b) With such a bad English, I'll never be able to get across.
c) With such a bad English, I'll never get across.

Thanks in advance,

Re: Correct

Clive — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:30:38 GMT

Hi,
1. The decision that has just been agreed with by the committee members should serve as a basis for their work in the years to come.
On my book, it says the underlined part should be corrected: agreed to. I am just wondering what's the difference between the two. When do I use one or the other?

If I agree with something, I say 'That sounds like a good idea'.
If I agree to something, I say 'Yes. OK.'. In other words, I give my assent, my permission.

eg I agree with the government's decision to ban guns, but the government didn't ask me to agree to it. They just went ahead without needing my permission.

2. Flints found in the region extending from the Nile Valley to the highlands of eastern Iraq attests to the presence of people there as long ago as one hundred thousand years.
Well, it's a long sentence and I can't really break it down to pieces. It says the underlined part is wrong. Why? The subject is the plural 'flints', so the verb must also be plural. How should it be corrected? ie Flints . . . attest to . . .

Also, the phrase found in sounds awkward to me. I mean if the sentence is like: Flints found in the region .., there was .. Then it makes more sense. I hope you can analyze it for me. Thank you very much. The phrase is fine. The long version would be

Flints ( that have been found in the region extending from the Nile Valley to the highlands of eastern Iraq ) attest to the presence of . . .

Best wishes, Clive