Practicing English with vOzers :D - Page 399

Snownee91 · #**3981** 08-05-2011, 16:07

Can someone show me full English Sentence Structure

robincrystal · #**3982** 08-05-2011, 23:43

^What do you mean? Which structure do you need
^^typical John's advice style

Jay · #**3983** 09-05-2011, 10:01

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Originally Posted by Snownee91

Can someone show me full English Sentence Structure <-- it's right there

as you wish.

shazam · #**3984** 09-05-2011, 10:28

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Originally Posted by Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Where did you find it ? Funny

vuanhk10 · #**3985** 09-05-2011, 10:34

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Originally Posted by Arnold Schwarzenegger

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why did u have to hide the source ???
check it out ppl: failpost.com
so many interesting things are waiting for us

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wall[e] · #**3986** 09-05-2011, 10:38

stand for: viết tắt ?
ex:
NASA is stood for National Aeronautics and Space Administration
or
NASA stood for National Aeronautics and Space Administration
which one is the best
thanks

vuanhk10 · #**3987** 09-05-2011, 10:40

NASA stands for.... that's correct !

HungTM1 · #**3988** 09-05-2011, 16:57

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A : Did you hear what she just said ?
B : No, I wasn't listening. I was thinking about someone else

I need some help on this conversation. These are my questions :

Why is the tense (B said) in the past ? How about's " am not listening/ am thinking" ?
Maybe the action "think" is continuous because the girl has just said recently.

Thank you.

Jay · #**3989** 09-05-2011, 17:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungTM1

I need some help on this conversation. These are my questions :

Why is the tense (B said) in the past ? How about's " am not listening/ am thinking" ?
Maybe the action "think" is continuous because the girl has just said recently.

Thank you.

because A asked "did you".

HungTM1 · #**3990** 09-05-2011, 17:39

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Originally Posted by Jay

because A asked "did you".

Thanks for your quick reply. But nothing forces the tense in B like A, here's my assumption :
1. If B in the present tense.

Quote:

No, I am not listening. I am thinking about someone else.

B means from the time she said to the moment , he isn't paying attention what she said, he is thinking someone else over the period. And now he's still thinking.

2. If B in the past tense.

Quote:

No, I was not listening. I was thinking about someone else.

At the time she said, B was thinking, but at the moment B is doing something else, maybe also thinking.

The main meaning in two tenses gives a clear answer to A's question : B didn't hear what she said. Why not the present tense ?