[minha1hr]

It's pretty hard, huh?
Remember that the grammar of news report is different

One small question for everyone: what's the difference between "I saw him stealing" and "I saw him steal" ?

[popcorn90]

Originally Posted by tornado

The explosion hit a commercial area, destroying vehicles and shops and burying a number of people under the rubble.

Originally Posted by |G|I|G|A|

I think, destroying and burying is two verbs with "the explosion" is main noun, but I still wonder why they dont use simple present tense here instead of simple continuous

Yeah, you are nearly right. I think the phrase "The explosion ... area" is stand for a NOUN in this sentence, or "The explosion" - in shortened, and this is a past perfect (because we don't know when the event occured).

So, the first mini sentence: The explosion ... area, is the simple past tense, so it came with a Verb_ed. And the past perfect for the second one, but there's the verb_ing because we can shorten it. Destroying and burying are all replaced for "had+been+ved/v2"

//ot: lâu quá mới đụng đến mấy cái thì này nên nhớ manh máng vậy.
Correct me if i wrong!

[popcorn90]

Originally Posted by minha1hr

It's pretty hard, huh?
Remember that the grammar of news report is different

One small question for everyone: what's the difference between "I saw him stealing" and "I saw him steal" ?

V_ed+ Object + V_o. <-this is a basic simple past tense so i wont explain it, 'right?

V_ed+O+V_ing : When I saw him, he was stealing something. That's it!

[minha1hr]

Originally Posted by popcorn90

V_ed+ Object + V_o. <-this is a basic simple past tense so i wont explain it, 'right?

V_ed+O+V_ing : When you saw him, he was stealing something. That's it!

There is a tiny difference
If you see SO do ST, you see the whole action
If you see SO doing ST, you only see partly

[tranthanhtuanvn]

Originally Posted by |G|I|G|A|

I think, destroying and burying is two verbs with "the explosion" is main noun, but I still wonder why they dont use simple present tense here instead of simple continuous

But they did the explosion, so I think it's the simple past tense

Originally Posted by |G|I|G|A|

throw ST to SO/ST but I have an idea that we will use SHIT instead of Bricks for more dangerous

Sorry guy, the correct sentence is "throw a brick at his face"

[popcorn90]

Originally Posted by minha1hr

There is a tiny difference
If you see SO do ST, you see the whole action
If you see SO doing ST, you only see partly

//What do you guys think about the Paul Octopus? a.k.a St. Paul with his scary prediction. Recently, he's predicted Spain will win in the WC final match.

[|G|I|G|A|]

Originally Posted by Chuck Norris

no no no, "throw to" means to throw st in order for it to be caught( like when you play the ball games), in this case, we will use "throw at", as it means to throw something in order for it to hit someone

Got it, man. I misunderstood

Originally Posted by tranthanhtuanvn

But they did the explosion, so I think it's the simple past tense

Everything will be simple if they use past tense, right? But in fact, this is simple present, not simple past cuz how do you explain about destroying and burying words they've used?

[popcorn90]

Originally Posted by |G|I|G|A|

Got it, man. I misunderstood


Everything will be simple if they use past tense, right? But in fact, this is simple present, not simple past cuz how do you explain about destroying and burying words they've used?

Nah, this is not a simple present sentence, because that was a News so it happened in the past

Originally Posted by popcorn90

Yeah, you are nearly right. I think the phrase "The explosion ... area" is stand for a NOUN in this sentence, or "The explosion" - in shortened, and this is a past perfect (because we don't know when the event occured).

So, the first mini sentence: The explosion ... area, is the simple past tense, so it came with a Verb_ed. And the past perfect for the second one, but there's the verb_ing because we can shorten it. Destroying and burying are all replaced for "had+been+ved/v2"

//ot: lâu quá mới đụng đến mấy cái thì này nên nhớ manh máng vậy.
Correct me if i wrong!

[tranthanhtuanvn]

Originally Posted by |G|I|G|A|

Got it, man. I misunderstood


Everything will be simple if they use past tense, right? But in fact, this is simple present, not simple past cuz how do you explain about destroying and burying words they've used?

This iz what I'm asking myself sad:

[|G|I|G|A|]

Originally Posted by popcorn90

Nah, this is not a simple present sentence, because that was a News so it happened in the past

nah, I forgot, the past of "hit" is itself Ok, it's clear now