English : 当第一个字是动词时？

darksider

原帖由 hey_friends 于 5-4-2008 05:17 PM 发表


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  ...

the writing is a gerund.

It means that it has active meaning.
Eg,I'm tasting it to see if there is enough salt.
      She's being rather obstinate at the moment. (compare with " She's rather obstinate" and you will see the difference)

hey_friends

原帖由 darksider 于 5-4-2008 11:00 PM 发表


the writing is a gerund.

It means that it has active meaning.
Eg,I'm tasting it to see if there is enough salt.
      She's being rather obstinate at the moment. (compare with " She's rather  ...

yup!i get it.
i hope to see you reach at least semi-finals and i hope to see your to reach at least semi-finals are same meaning,rite?

hey_friends

原帖由 hey_friends 于 6-4-2008 11:22 AM 发表

yup!i get it.
i hope to see you reach at least semi-finals and i hope to see your to reach at least semi-finals are same meaning,rite?

yup!i get it.
i hope to see you reach at least semi-finals and i hope to see you to reach at least semi-finals are same meaning,rite?

darksider

原帖由 hey_friends 于 6-4-2008 11:23 AM 发表

yup!i get it.
i hope to see you reach at least semi-finals and i hope to see you to reach at least semi-finals are same meaning,rite?

Yes,that is bare infinitive.

(to) reach.we should omit the to.

hey_friends

1)But that did not hold him up on the track and while he pulled away at the start, the
luckless Hamilton was left struggling to leave the grid.

struggling here is gerund o continious tense?

2)Ronaldinho’s agent and brother Robert de Assis was photographed entering a restaurant
with Milan vice president Adriano Galliani earlier this week.

entering here is a gerund rite?

4)it must be terrible having to decide whether to play anelka and drogba,two up front or
one up front.

is "having" a gerund?i felt it is.

hey_friends

Nicole: do you hear kevin will come here this weekend?
Peter: really?
Nicole: i not sure. he called me saying that.

saying here is a gerund o a continious tense?

is this same with "i saw you stealing money" and the format of "he called me say that"
is same with "i saw your steal money" since "saying" is not belonged to "me",the object?

darksider

原帖由 hey_friends 于 7-4-2008 11:14 AM 发表
1)But that did not hold him up on the track and while he pulled away at the start, the
luckless Hamilton was left struggling to leave the grid.

struggling here is gerund o continious tense?

2) ...

for the first and second,they are all gerunds.

for the third one,it is a present participle.(Continuous form)

darksider

原帖由 hey_friends 于 7-4-2008 11:26 AM 发表
Nicole: do you hear kevin will come here this weekend?
Peter: really?
Nicole: i not sure. he called me saying that.

saying here is a gerund o a continious tense?

is this same with "i saw you s ...

If you ask me,it is a gerund for sure.
it is different with "  i saw you stealing money."

Normally we use the bare-infinitive or present partciple when writing story.
I saw you. You were doing this. To make it a complex sentence,we have to combine,so we write " i saw you doing this."
Bear in mind that we don't simply use this construction method.

The correct way of expressing that he asked you to tell the person that he won't come here this weekend is " He asked me to say that."

hey_friends

原帖由 hey_friends 于 7-4-2008 11:14 AM 发表
1)But that did not hold him up on the track and while he pulled away at the start, the
luckless Hamilton was left struggling to leave the grid.

struggling here is gerund o continious tense?

2) ...

dun "having" is a gerund ma?y?

hey_friends

原帖由 darksider 于 7-4-2008 01:20 PM 发表


If you ask me,it is a gerund for sure.
it is different with "  i saw you stealing money."

Normally we use the bare-infinitive or present partciple when writing story.
I saw you. You were doin ...

Nicole: do you hear kevin will come here this weekend?
Peter: really?
Nicole: i not sure. he called me saying that.

some mistake here.
called= he have called me by phone and said he would probably come over.
that is what i meant.
so now i ask you that "saying" is a gerund o continious tense?

hey_friends

i know that you are occupying yr desk facing customers and doing personal things.

facing here is gerund or continious tense?y?

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darksider

原帖由 hey_friends 于 7-4-2008 02:09 PM 发表

Nicole: do you hear kevin will come here this weekend?
Peter: really?
Nicole: i not sure. he called me saying that.

some mistake here.
called= he have called me by phone and said he would prob ...

saying is a gerund there.
He called me(n).
He called ringing(n).

You should reconstruct your sentence,cuz it doesnt seem right.

He called me and told me that he would not come here this weekend.
your sentence is very ambiguous.

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hey_friends

原帖由 darksider 于 7-4-2008 09:49 PM 发表


saying is a gerund there.
He called me(n).
He called ringing(n).

You should reconstruct your sentence,cuz it doesnt seem right.

He called me and told me that he would not come here this we ...

1)i know that you are occupying yr desk facing customers and doing personal things.

facing here is gerund or continious tense?y?can u explain,tq.

2)it must be terrible having to decide whether to play anelka and drogba,two up front or
one up front.

dun "having" is a gerund ma?y?

3)
Ronaldinho’s agent and brother Robert de Assis was photographed entering a restaurant
with Milan vice president Adriano Galliani earlier this week.

i)he called me saying that.
ii)Robert de Assis was photographed entering a restaurant with somebody.

this two is in the same type rite?
y "he called me saying that" is wrong?

stan24ley

如果真的要请教英文，麻烦用比较正确的英文spelling，short form能免责免，de、ma之类的更是不应该出现。