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| Thread ID: 62253 | 2005-10-01 20:16:00 | Okay, who woke up and had forgotten Daylight Savings | Chilling_Silence (9) | PC World Chat |
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| 392683 | 2005-10-04 08:48:00 | Sorry to be pedantic, but you should say "doesn't it", not "isn't it" inthe above phrase. To be frank, the more pedantic you are toward my English, the more you are helping me. Next time, do not feel embarrassed or guilty after correcting me. After all, I can only improve myself via other people's judgements and comments. Why should it be "doesn't it"? I am trying to portray my thought by mimicking this sentence: "This is a great day, isn't it?" Cheers :) P.S. Thanks guys :thumbs: |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 392684 | 2005-10-04 10:11:00 | Why should it be "doesn't it"? I am trying to portray my thought by mimicking this sentence: "This is a great day, isn't it?"It is all to do with shorthand again. You have "this is a great day, isn't it" - which is fine. Then you have "Change your clock" sounds like you swap your own clock for another one, isn't it?" This is shorthand for "Change your clock" does sound like you swap your own clock for another one, doesn't it?" Can you see the difference/similarity? In one phrase you have is - isn't and in the other you have does - doesn't. You would not say "Change your clock" is sounds like you swap your own clock for another one, Isn't it?" , eh? Identifying and expanding that sort of shorthand is a good way to get a lot of those types of English phrases right. Try it with "I and "me" - "My husband I" <are going to do something> is right, but "My husband and me" <are going to to do something> is wrong. Hope this all makes sense! |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 392685 | 2005-10-06 08:27:00 | Yes, Tony, I have finally understood :thumbs: Thanks for taking your precious time explaining this to me:thumbs: Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 392686 | 2005-10-06 09:08:00 | Yes, Tony, I have finally understood :thumbs: Thanks...It 's a pleasure (and let's not get into whether these apostrophes are correct!):D | Tony (4941) | ||
| 392687 | 2005-10-06 14:36:00 | A quick way to figure this out: "Identifying and expanding that sort of shorthand is a good way to get a lot of those types of English phrases right . Try it with "I and "me" - "My husband I" <are going to do something> is right, but "My husband and me" <are going to to do something> is wrong . " . . . . . . . . . . . is to just remove the "other person" from the sentence and try to use the "I or me" in the sentence solely . In other words, if you cannot decide which is correct: "My wife and I went to see our grandchildren" or "My wife and me . . . . etc" . Then just leave the "wife" out and try to see how the sentence sounds . It will be as obvious as this: "I went to see our grandchildren" or "Me went to see our grandchildren" . Many people use "I" to try to sound educated and influenced with reading The Classics-type literature, but it really just points out their uneducated attempt to sound cultured . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 392688 | 2005-10-06 18:36:00 | Good one SurferJoe - that is a much better example than mine. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 392689 | 2005-10-06 21:00:00 | not guilty | techiekid (7219) | ||
| 392690 | 2005-10-06 21:02:00 | msn dont work right on vista nooooooooo | techiekid (7219) | ||
| 392691 | 2005-10-06 21:04:00 | oops i posted wrong message on wrong forum was trying to post at www.forums.govclass.com when my pc mysteriouly changed me over to my open pf1 window' |
techiekid (7219) | ||
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