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| Thread ID: 62753 | 2005-10-18 14:10:00 | Present or past tense? | Ninjabear (2948) | PC World Chat |
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| 397401 | 2005-10-18 23:08:00 | [QUOTE=stu161204]Just above your name there a time stamp :)[/QUOTE OOPS! I am old and I know how to use it.... :blush: |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 397402 | 2005-10-19 00:17:00 | But would Lucy be wise to believe whatever you said, Ninjabear? Girls get into trouble by too readily believing what they are told. Especially by someone who describes himself as "Harmless".:D | Graham L (2) | ||
| 397403 | 2005-10-19 05:24:00 | For that sentence, it should be past tense with "Lucy believed everything I told her", or for present tense "Lucy believes everything I tell her". does Lucy still believe thing what have been told to her?? "Lucy believes everything I told her but then Dave told her the truth." would be better as "Lucy believed everything I told her but then Dave told her the truth." Are you still telling Lucy things? |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 397404 | 2005-10-19 06:09:00 | Definitive answer is: It really doesn't matter past, present or future tense cos Lucy doesn't believe anything anyone tells her! :D Cheers Lucy :p |
LucyL (2867) | ||
| 397405 | 2005-10-19 06:22:00 | Can someone tell me the difference between "intensive" and "intense"? For example, "intense" or "intensive" clash? Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 397406 | 2005-10-19 07:15:00 | Hows this: Intense: Adjective 1. In an extreme degree 2. Extremely sharp 3. (of color) having the highest saturation Intensive: Noun 1. A modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies Adjective 1. Characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form 2. Tending to give force or emphasis 3. Of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor Gee are you writing a book or something?? :confused: Lucy |
LucyL (2867) | ||
| 397407 | 2005-10-19 07:25:00 | Gee are you writing a book or something?? :confused: Lucy More like writing a mundane essay, actually . :lol: Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 397408 | 2005-10-19 07:26:00 | Assuming you already searched dictionary.com, James, but I found this section explained the difference very well. No doubt one of the better spoken members will be able to clarify it more if needed. From Dictionary.com: The meanings of intense and intensive overlap considerably, but they are often subtly distinct. When used to describe human feeling or activity, intense often suggests a strength or concentration that arises from inner dispositions and is particularly appropriate for describing emotional states: intense pleasure, intense dislike, intense loyalty, and so forth. Intensive is more frequently applied when the strength or concentration of an activity is imposed from without: intensive bombing, intensive training, intensive marketing. Thus a reference to Mark's intense study of German suggests that Mark himself was responsible for the concentrated activity, whereas Mark's intensive study of German suggests that the program in which Mark was studying was designed to cover a great deal of material in a brief period. |
roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 397409 | 2005-10-19 10:49:00 | But would Lucy be wise to believe whatever you said, Ninjabear? Girls get into trouble by too readily believing what they are told. Especially by someone who describes himself as "Harmless"Um, that's "hamless", eg one wot got no ham, not "harmless". :D | Greg (193) | ||
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