[Paladin.]

Originally Posted by Atomos

Can anyone here tell me whether these sentences are right or wrong?

"My friends and I are now driving to Nha Trang. This is our second longest summer vacation since we left our university and we have enjoyed every single minute of it."

[(My friends and I) = we ] are now driving to Nha Trang. This is our second longest summer vacation since we left our university and we have enjoyed every single minute of it."

The above sentence is totally correct.

['or''=']

I've never mistaken pros for cons, but yesterday when I talked to my teacher, I used prostitution instead of constitution.

[Paladin.]

Originally Posted by 'or''='

I've never mistaken pros for cons, but yesterday when I talked to my teacher, I used prostitution instead of constitution.

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[Atomos]

Originally Posted by Paladin.

[(My friends and I) = we ] are now driving to Nha Trang. This is our second longest summer vacation since we left our university and we have enjoyed every single minute of it."

The above sentence is totally correct.

Well, I know that part is correct. However, what I'm having trouble with is the part "every single minute of it"

Should we say "every single minute of its" instead? Because I think we need a possessive pronoun here (its) to replace the already mentioned "summer vacation". It's just like when we say "the books of mine", "the computer of yours".

What makes me even more surprised here is the fact that I googled the phrase "every single minute of it" and it appears EVERYWHERE which means it's a very popular phrase. I continued to google "every single minute of its" and guess what, NOONE uses that! I'm really confused!

So, I want to ask, between the two phrases, which is more grammatically correct? And no, I don't really consider Google search results to be a reliable source.

[tranthanhtuanvn]

Originally Posted by Paladin.

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[kazelam]

Originally Posted by Atomos

Can anyone here tell me whether these sentences are right or wrong?

"My friends and I are now driving to Nha Trang. This is our second longest summer vacation since we left our university and we have enjoyed every single minute of it."

I still do not understand these tense. Can anyone help me explaning it?

[Wise Blue]

Originally Posted by kazelam

I still do not understand these tense. Can anyone help me explaning it?

Originally Posted by Atomos
Can anyone here tell me whether these sentences are right or wrong?

"My friends and I are now driving to Nha Trang. This is our second longest summer vacation since we left our university and we have enjoyed every single minute of it."

aaaaaaaah,finish hanging myself........so good

The sentence above should be "we enjoy" rather than "we have enjoyed",right ?

[Atomos]

Originally Posted by kazelam

I still do not understand these tense. Can anyone help me explaning it?

* My friends and I are now driving to Nha Trang.

It literally means "We are on our way to Nha Trang (we go by car)." Present Continuous must be used because the action is progressing at the moment of speaking.

* we have enjoyed every single minute of it.

The action began in the past (we started enjoying it since the beginning of the vacation) and it's still continuing at the moment of speaking (we haven't stopped enjoying it yet). In this case, the Present Perfect is the only approriate tense.

BTW, can anybody here shed some light on "every single minute of it?"

[plot]

How about my poem?

[Paladin.]

Originally Posted by Atomos

Well, I know that part is correct. However, what I'm having trouble with is the part "every single minute of it"

Should we say "every single minute of its" instead? Because I think we need a possessive pronoun here (its) to replace the already mentioned "summer vacation". It's just like when we say "the books of mine", "the computer of yours".

What makes me even more surprised here is the fact that I googled the phrase "every single minute of it" and it appears EVERYWHERE which means it's a very popular phrase. I continued to google "every single minute of its" and guess what, NOONE uses that! I'm really confused!

So, I want to ask, between the two phrases, which is more grammatically correct? And no, I don't really consider Google search results to be a reliable source.

"Every single minute of it" is correct here.
Because "it" here stands for "the trip" => "every single minute of the trip" forms a full meaning phrase.
There is no point using possessive pronoun in this case: "its" => what possession of what?