http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=user%3abuggah&o=DateDescendingSearch results for 'user:buggah'en-USXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsWordNeededSentence/2/vzxn/Post.htm#21417Thu, 05 Feb 2004 03:03:33 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21417buggahLord, please, help me to stay calm.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsWordNeededSentence/2/vzxn/Post.htm#21415Thu, 05 Feb 2004 02:54:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21415buggahIf you need help, "I'm still waiting for someone else's opinion" means that I'm waiting for opinions of other people (besides you).http://www.englishforums.com/English/HaveOrHad/vgbg/post.htm#21413Thu, 05 Feb 2004 02:49:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21413buggahI will inform you once I have the information.http://www.englishforums.com/English/MountainClimbingBicycle-Riding/vzkj/post.htm#21408Thu, 05 Feb 2004 02:47:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21408buggahIn the sentence 'I went there', 'there' works as an adverb meaning 'to or toward that place', that's why it doesn't take 'to'. Just like in 'I went downtown'. The word 'downtown', in this case, is acting as an adverb and it means 'toward the lower or central part of town'.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsWordNeededSentence/2/vzxn/Post.htm#21405Thu, 05 Feb 2004 02:41:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21405buggahOh, and if you are wondering "I am waiting someone for his opinion" and "I'm still waiting for someone else's opinion" have totally different meanings.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsWordNeededSentence/2/vzxn/Post.htm#21402Thu, 05 Feb 2004 02:38:29 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21402buggahHopefully some day my English will be as good as yours.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsWordNeededSentence/2/vzxn/Post.htm#21401Thu, 05 Feb 2004 02:37:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21401buggah// You can also say, " I am waiting someone for his opinion " Thank you for teaching me how to express myself.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowUnderstandWalkingGrandmothers-Grave/vzlj/post.htm#21400Thu, 05 Feb 2004 02:31:29 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21400buggahI was walking around the graveyard the other day, thinking about my life. When I realized I was over my grandmother's grave, I thought I couldn't stay there anymore, and not just because I did not want to think of myself as an ambitious sort, walking on my grandmother's grave, but also because I didn't want to miss Friends on TV that night.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsWordNeededSentence/vzxn/post.htm#21396Thu, 05 Feb 2004 02:16:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21396buggahI'm still waiting for someone else's opinion. Thank you.http://www.englishforums.com/English/GrammarHelpPlease/vvpp/post.htm#21395Thu, 05 Feb 2004 02:14:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21395buggah1. a. 'My favourite fruit is an apple.' b. 'My favourite fruit is apple.' c. 'My favourite fruit are apples.' d. 'My favourite fruit is apples.' - You don't like an apple in particular. 'My favourite fruit is an apple from Brazil, but I don't know (or don't remember) exactly what apple it is'. Then option a. is out. - 'My favourite fruit' requires a singular verb. Thus, it couldn't be letter c. - As long as 'My favourite fruit is', again, needs a singular object, the only correct answer is letter b. 2. The cheapest food is cake. (See the explanation above.) 3. Both. But if she has already bought it, the second one wouldn't make sence.http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsWordNeededSentence/vzxn/post.htm#21392Thu, 05 Feb 2004 02:09:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21392buggahWhat about the sentences: - 'I worked ten years as a waiter.' - 'She worked three years in Brazil.' - 'I worked three hours today.' - 'He worked five years for Microsoft.'http://www.englishforums.com/English/IsWordNeededSentence/vzxn/post.htm#21391Thu, 05 Feb 2004 02:05:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21391buggahI think 'He worked a total of 14 years' is pretty much acceptable. I may be wrong. Any other opinion on that?http://www.englishforums.com/English/SemicolonsHyphensCommas-Help/vzqg/post.htm#21390Thu, 05 Feb 2004 01:55:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21390buggahOh, I almost forgot... Yes, 'first-class' should be hyphenated, since it is an adjective. And the choice between semicolon and period is most often up to the writer.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SemicolonsHyphensCommas-Help/vzqg/post.htm#21387Thu, 05 Feb 2004 01:50:10 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21387buggah1. You can't separate the subject from the verb. 2. No colon needed.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Gerand/vzpz/post.htm#21384Thu, 05 Feb 2004 01:40:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21384buggahGerund is a noun formed from a verb. Thus 'coveting', in your example, is acting like a noun and not a verb, and the sentence is grammatically correct.http://www.englishforums.com/English/DoesSheHaveOrDoesSheHas/vzpb/post.htm#21383Thu, 05 Feb 2004 01:28:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21383buggaha1) right a2) wrong b1) wrong b2) it should be 'What has she done to deserve this?'http://www.englishforums.com/English/Opposite/vzqj/post.htm#21382Thu, 05 Feb 2004 01:22:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21382buggahsolidhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PlzExplainSentence/vvlz/post.htm#21335Wed, 04 Feb 2004 14:59:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21335buggah1. "When we loose all, we still have a future". 2. "When we loose all, we still have the future". Both are correct. To me, the number 1 sounds more like an expectation of getting over than number 2, in which 'future' simply means the time that is to come. I may be wrong.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhichIsCorrect/vzmq/post.htm#21332Wed, 04 Feb 2004 14:48:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21332buggahI didn't hear you coming in.http://www.englishforums.com/English/MountainClimbingBicycle-Riding/vzkj/post.htm#21330Wed, 04 Feb 2004 14:40:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21330buggahAs far as I know, just like 'mountain climbing', 'bicycle riding' (or 'bike riding') is a noun, and it means the activity of riding a bicycle. Then, the correct is: - I went mountain climbing. - I went bicycle riding. - He is riding his bicycle.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Commas/vzvm/post.htm#21261Wed, 04 Feb 2004 01:24:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21261buggahNo commas required. Did the novelist Ernest Hemingway, who was the most influential writer of the last century, once live here?http://www.englishforums.com/English/PassiveVoice/vzvd/post.htm#21246Tue, 03 Feb 2004 20:15:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21246buggah"The KGB has been watching the spy." (active voice) "The Spy has been being watched by the KGB." (passive voice)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SAfterWillOrWould/vzgb/post.htm#21245Tue, 03 Feb 2004 20:06:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21245buggahOnly number 1 is correct. The main verb (the one that comes after the modal verb--will, would, could, can, etc.) is always in the infinitive (without "to"). Regarding to your second question, you must use a participle form of the verb to make compound tenses and not it's past tense form, as you proposed. The participle form may also be used as an adjective. See the examples: - I will be traveling to Brazil next month. (present participle) - Everything will be changed by tomorrow. (past participle) - She is gone . (not went ) - Justice will be done .http://www.englishforums.com/English/SmallQuestion/vzgl/post.htm#21244Tue, 03 Feb 2004 19:47:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21244buggahYes.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Graveyard/vzgn/post.htm#21243Tue, 03 Feb 2004 19:44:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21243buggah- 'I work at night' or 'I work the night shift' (if you work the night shift, you work at night) - 'I work the graveyard shift'.http://www.englishforums.com/English/AFewGrammarQuestions/vvpq/post.htm#21117Tue, 03 Feb 2004 00:27:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21117buggah1. a. 'My favourite fruit is an apple.' b. 'My favourite fruit is apple.' c. 'My favourite fruit are apples.' d. 'My favourite fruit is apples.' - You don't like an apple in particular. 'My favourite fruit is an apple from Brazil, but I don't know (or don't remember) exactly what apple it is'. Then option a. is out. - 'My favourite fruit' requires a singular verb. Thus, it couldn't be letter c. - As long as 'My favourite fruit is', again, needs a singular object, the only correct answer is letter b. 2. The cheapest food is cake. (See the explanation above.) 3. Both. But if she has already bought it, the second one wouldn't make sence.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ProperEnglish/vzrl/post.htm#21115Tue, 03 Feb 2004 00:12:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21115buggahCertainly.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ProperEnglish/vzrm/post.htm#21114Tue, 03 Feb 2004 00:11:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21114buggahYes, it can.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhichIsTheCorrectGrammar/vvnn/post.htm#21059Mon, 02 Feb 2004 11:52:33 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21059buggahNumber one is always correct. Number two is acceptable in informal writtings and conversations. This issue has been discussed more than once here, not long ago.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Commas/vdpb/post.htm#21036Mon, 02 Feb 2004 00:30:10 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:21036buggahYour question was about the commas, but I couldn't help myself and try to improve your sentences. 1. No, he hasn't called on us, neither this month nor the last. 2. After he began the meeting, he said "I am going home". or After he began the meeting, he said he was going home.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TurnOnThe/vvjj/post.htm#20977Sun, 01 Feb 2004 00:17:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:20977buggahI'm not a native speaker, but, if you want to know, my vote goes to 'heat'.http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishGrammarLevels/vvjr/post.htm#20976Sun, 01 Feb 2004 00:10:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:20976buggahLevel 1, Level 2, Level 3 and Level 4. Sorry, I couldn't help it. I don't think there are four specific levels of English grammar. It most probably varies according to the author or grammarian. But, as always, I could be wrong.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SingularPluralThanks/vvgz/post.htm#20957Sat, 31 Jan 2004 16:41:18 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:20957buggah"It looks like an apple." "It looks like a strawberry." "Guess what kind of dessert I've got here." or "Guess what dessert I've got here."http://www.englishforums.com/English/IVsMe/vvvj/post.htm#20914Sat, 31 Jan 2004 03:49:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:20914buggah'You are a better man than me' isn't standard English.http://www.englishforums.com/English/AffectEffect/vvvg/post.htm#20913Sat, 31 Jan 2004 03:35:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:20913buggah"There are four distinct words here. When "affect" is accented on the final syllable (a-FECT), it is a verb meaning "have an influence on": "The million-dollar donation from the industrialist did not affect my vote against the Clean Air Act." A much rarer meaning is indicated when the word is accented on the first syllable (AFF-ect), meaning "emotion." In this case the word is used mostly by psychiatrists and social scientists-- people who normally know how to spell it. The real problem arises when people confuse the first spelling with the second: "effect." This too can be two different words. The more common one is a noun: "When I left the stove on, the effect was that the house filled with smoke." When you affect a situation, you have...http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheInternet/vvvr/post.htm#20912Sat, 31 Jan 2004 03:21:25 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:20912buggahInternet is the name of the worldwide network of computers and it must be capitalized.http://www.englishforums.com/English/MasterOfCeremony/vvdh/post.htm#20871Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:03:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:20871buggahmaster of ceremonieshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Nike/vdnw/post.htm#20811Thu, 29 Jan 2004 20:47:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:20811buggahIn Brazil everybody, including the advertisers, pronounces Nike rhyming with Mike.http://www.englishforums.com/English/NeedHelpOnEnglishPaper/vdqg/post.htm#20810Thu, 29 Jan 2004 20:35:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:20810buggahYou could pick the word 'terrific', for instance. Which no longer means something terrifying for most people.http://www.englishforums.com/English/How/vdpn/post.htm#20808Thu, 29 Jan 2004 20:30:33 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:20808buggahThe word 'how' always works as an adverb.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Agreement/vdkq/post.htm#20806Thu, 29 Jan 2004 19:42:29 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:20806buggahBy the way, I'm sorry for making you smile everytime you read my nickname. I didn't do it on purpose.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Agreement/vdkq/post.htm#20804Thu, 29 Jan 2004 19:25:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:20804buggahThank you suzi.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Englishfora/vdpg/post.htm#20801Thu, 29 Jan 2004 19:18:16 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:20801buggahI prefer forums.http://www.englishforums.com/English/AnotherDifferenceMeaning/vdmp/post.htm#20800Thu, 29 Jan 2004 19:13:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:20800buggahReally? The third was the oddest to me.http://www.englishforums.com/English/AddingEd/vdjg/post.htm#20799Thu, 29 Jan 2004 19:11:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:20799buggahI think you're right. The rule probably is about consonant + vowel + consonant sounds.http://www.englishforums.com/English/AddingEd/vdjg/post.htm#20776Thu, 29 Jan 2004 15:08:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:20776buggahMaybe it doesn't work when it ends in w: jaw - jawed chew - chewed bow - bowed row - rowed flow - flowedhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Apostrophy/vdlx/post.htm#20774Thu, 29 Jan 2004 14:17:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:20774buggahIf his name is Bob Rimm: - Bob Rimm's house is next-door to those ladies' shop. If his name is Bob Rimms: - Bob Rimms' house is next-door to those ladies' shop. I wonder if it would sound like the guy's house is next-door to a shop for ladies. Does anyone know?http://www.englishforums.com/English/PlsCorrectMe/vdmg/post.htm#20773Thu, 29 Jan 2004 14:06:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:20773buggah(1) Please, let me know if it is correct or not. (2) I would be pleased if you informed our new address.http://www.englishforums.com/English/GrammarQuestions/vdjc/post.htm#20716Thu, 29 Jan 2004 03:15:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:20716buggahQuoting The American Heritage® Book of English Usage: "... Some grammarians have insisted that people is a collective noun that should not be used as a substitute for persons when referring to a specific number of individuals. By this thinking you should say Six persons (not people) were arrested during the protest." "But people has always been used in such contexts, and almost no one bothers with the distinction any more. Persons is still preferred in legal contexts, however, as in Vehicles containing fewer than three persons may not use the left lane during rush hours. " So, the correct is 'Number of people attending.'http://www.englishforums.com/English/Difference/vdkl/post.htm#20714Thu, 29 Jan 2004 03:00:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:20714buggahPast time - time that has elapsed. Pastime - something interesting that makes time pass.