English : 当第一个字是动词时？

hey_friends

We queued for over two hours,hoping to get tickets to the concert.

so can we put "We queued for over two hours hoping to get tickets to the concert"????let say we dun put comma

hey_friends

原帖由 darksider 于 28-3-2008 04:22 PM 发表


Perfect -ing forms
We can use a perfect -ing form to emphasise that one thing happens another :
I didn't remember having met her before.

Having finally grasped what I meant , he got down to w ...

Having been sent off , Javier Maschenaro has to leave the pitch.
is same as " Javier Maschenaro has to leave the pitch having been sent off.

so these two r the same o not?

hey_friends

原帖由 hey_friends 于 28-3-2008 04:52 PM 发表
We queued for over two hours,hoping to get tickets to the concert.

so can we put "We queued for over two hours hoping to get tickets to the concert"????let say we dun put comma

with this
"Azlan has been playing well recently and lifted his first title for the year when he bagged the Asian Championships individual crown in Kuwait recently, beating Beng Hee in the final."

can we put
"Azlan has been playing well recently and lifted his first title for the year when he bagged the Asian Championships individual crown in Kuwait recently beating Beng Hee in the final",can we omit comma?

darksider

原帖由 hey_friends 于 28-3-2008 05:46 PM 发表

with this
"Azlan has been playing well recently and lifted his first title for the year when he bagged the Asian Championships individual crown in Kuwait recently, beating Beng Hee in the final."
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If you want to omit the comma, you have to add preposition "by".

Having been sent off is a subordinate clause.
When subordinate clause comes first, we have to put a comma to separate it with the main clause.

If main clause comes first,comma is not needed.

Having been reprimanded , he went straight home.
He went straight home having been reprimanded.

Although it is the truth , people still don't believe it.
People still don't believe it although it is the truth.

darksider

Sorry I have been busy recently so I can't answer your questions so oftenly.

I strongly recommend you to ask questions in this forum (http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/) as they will provide you with better answers and explanations.

hey_friends

ok tq

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i hope to see you reaching at least semi-final.

i hope to see you reach at least semi-final.

are above of sentences the same with meaning?

the type of  former sentence is same type with "i saw you stealing money"?
so,reaching here is a gerund o o continious since "you" is a object?o it is depend on the situation?

this is my last question,so hope u could give me a plain explaination.very thanks

darksider

原帖由 hey_friends 于 3-4-2008 01:13 PM 发表
i hope to see you reaching at least semi-final.

i hope to see you reach at least semi-final.

are above of sentences the same with meaning?

the type of  former sentence is same type with "i sa ...

Yes they are the same as " I saw you steal money and I saw you stealing money", so are the meanings of both sentences.

It is not a gerund but a present participle.

tendarkbring

原帖由 darksider 于 4-3-2008 09:23 PM 发表


"I am understood" should be " I have understood".
is/am/are + past participle = passive voice of present simple.

In this case,you can't omit the "to".Usually we omit "to" if the preceding ver ...

can i actually use "i have forgotten to tell you"???

darksider

原帖由 tendarkbring 于 3-4-2008 03:27 PM 发表


can i actually use "i have forgotten to tell you"???

Yes,you definitely can use that.

hey_friends

原帖由 darksider 于 3-4-2008 02:37 PM 发表


Yes they are the same as " I saw you steal money and I saw you stealing money", so are the meanings of both sentences.

It is not a gerund but a present participle.

but now the problem is the word of hope,it seems like the event is yet happening.
hope is a future tense,isnt it? therefore,how am i watching that you r reaching semi-final
since the event haven happened yet.maybe the eveny is happening tomorrow.

the situation is :

the quarter-finals is held tomorrow,so the the semi-finals will absolutely be the day after tomorrow.

for now,the coach say that i hope to see you reaching at least semi-finals.

for above situation,"reaching" is  present participle since it is not happening yet?


i hope to see you reach at least semi-finals.
i hope to see you to reach at least semi-finals.
are these two the same meaning?absolutely yes,rite?

darksider

原帖由 hey_friends 于 4-4-2008 10:51 AM 发表

but now the problem is the word of hope,it seems like the event is yet happening.
hope is a future tense,isnt it? therefore,how am i watching that you r reaching semi-final
since the event haven h ...

I hope to see you reaching semi final.
I hope to see you that you are reaching the semi final.
(it has a sense of active)

I hope to see you reach the semi final.
I hope to see you that you reach the semi final.
(Before the match , in the middle of the match and after the match , the coach still expects his team to reach.)

The main difference is the sense of active.

Another example for the sense of active.
He is crazy.
He is being crazy. (sense of active)

[ 本帖最后由 darksider 于 4-4-2008 07:57 PM 编辑 ]

hey_friends

原帖由 darksider 于 4-4-2008 07:55 PM 发表

I hope to see you reaching semi final.
I hope to see you that you are reaching the semi final.
(it has a sense of active)

I hope to see you reach the semi final.
I hope to see you that you re ...

what is sense of active?can u give me an explaination.tq

on other hand,
Apparently you are having enough practice writing the shorthand used in emails and text messages.

writing here is a gerund o a continious tense?