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Offline Jenova

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Re: English Room
« Reply #30 on: September 26, 2012, 03:01:40 PM »
Quote from: roderick on September 26, 2012, 01:18:20 PM
I'm not an Englishman bro, so it's likely for me to make mistakes.

AFAIK, 'The last movie you've seen' is more acceptable because there's no emphasize on the time WHEN you saw the movie.

Just my two cents...

AFAIK, past tense is used when people want to emphasize when something was done, that's why often adverb is used to specify the time.
However, past perfect tense is used to emphasize that something has been done. When it was done, it's out of interest. That's why we never put adverb in past perfect tense.

AFAIK, the word "last" as used in "last movie" acts as an adverb.
Thus, IMO, it's more natural to say "Review the last movie you saw" instead of "Review the last movie you've seen".

Again, just my two cents too...  :grining:
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Re: English Room
« Reply #31 on: September 26, 2012, 03:05:01 PM »
Quote from: steavan_lop on September 26, 2012, 02:20:40 PM
wow..wow i'm confuse..hahahaha

maybe let the English's master chat..haha

Well.. that's the beauty of this "game", to confuse us with something that's already confusing...  :scold: :scold:

Btw, the thread you requested to be moved has been moved to the requested board. The tittle, however, has not been changed.
Please decide what tittle you want to give for that thread.  :giggle: :giggle:
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Re: English Room
« Reply #32 on: September 26, 2012, 03:07:42 PM »
Quote from: Jenova on September 26, 2012, 03:05:01 PM
Well.. that's the beauty of this "game", to confuse us with something that's already confusing...  :scold: :scold:

Btw, the thread you requested to be moved has been moved to the requested board. The tittle, however, has not been changed.
Please decide what tittle you want to give for that thread.  :giggle: :giggle:

Ok thank you bro Jenova, well for the title , i hand over to u as the pro in english..haha
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Re: English Room
« Reply #33 on: September 26, 2012, 03:15:25 PM »
Quote from: steavan_lop on September 26, 2012, 03:07:42 PM
Ok thank you bro Jenova, well for the title , i hand over to u as the pro in english..haha

Haha... as you can see, I'm not sure either with the right tittle.
Let bro roderick decide what tittle should be used.  :D
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Re: English Room
« Reply #34 on: September 26, 2012, 03:51:22 PM »
Quote from: Jenova on September 26, 2012, 03:01:40 PM
AFAIK, past tense is used when people want to emphasize when something was done, that's why often adverb is used to specify the time.
However, past perfect tense is used to emphasize that something has been done. When it was done, it's out of interest. That's why we never put adverb in past perfect tense.

AFAIK, the word "last" as used in "last movie" acts as an adverb.
Thus, IMO, it's more natural to say "Review the last movie you saw" instead of "Review the last movie you've seen".

Again, just my two cents too...  :grining:
I asked my American friend about this and she said that 'the last movie you saw' is more natural though she doesn't know why.
So, it seems that you have a better explanation on this.
:)
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Re: English Room
« Reply #35 on: September 26, 2012, 03:52:59 PM »
Quote from: Jenova on September 26, 2012, 03:15:25 PM
Haha... as you can see, I'm not sure either with the right tittle.
Let bro roderick decide what tittle should be used.  :D
Alas. I ain't no judge.
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Re: English Room
« Reply #36 on: September 26, 2012, 04:20:22 PM »
Quote from: roderick on September 26, 2012, 03:52:59 PM
Alas. I ain't no judge.

i need your advise bro..hehe
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Re: English Room
« Reply #37 on: September 26, 2012, 04:36:29 PM »
Quote from: steavan_lop on September 26, 2012, 04:20:22 PM
i need your advise bro..hehe
The title is okay, as discussed above.
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Re: English Room
« Reply #38 on: September 26, 2012, 10:09:02 PM »
Quote from: roderick on September 26, 2012, 04:36:29 PM
The title is okay, as discussed above.

ok thank you, teacher..
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Re: English Room
« Reply #39 on: September 27, 2012, 03:19:55 AM »
Quote from: roderick on September 26, 2012, 03:51:22 PM
I asked my American friend about this and she said that 'the last movie you saw' is more natural though she doesn't know why.
So, it seems that you have a better explanation on this.
:)

Hehe... honestly, I just took a shot there.  :grining:
Didn't expect that a native speaker would agree with me.

Thanks for your info, bro rod...  :afro1:
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Re: English Room
« Reply #40 on: September 27, 2012, 08:57:24 AM »
morning everyone..
i am waiting kitty to post in this topic, where is she? hehe..c'mon kitty, kitty don't be shy..hehe
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Re: English Room
« Reply #41 on: October 03, 2012, 08:32:34 AM »
what do you think when u see this words

sh**t
f**k
bo**s

who have beautiful minds and thinks that words is
short
fcuk
books

its extremely danger when using sign *..haha
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Re: English Room
« Reply #42 on: October 03, 2012, 09:54:44 AM »
Morning has broken....
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Re: English Room
« Reply #43 on: October 03, 2012, 04:46:00 PM »
Quote from: John Paul III on October 03, 2012, 09:54:44 AM
Morning has broken....
Like a lyric of a song. :what:
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Re: English Room
« Reply #44 on: October 04, 2012, 09:22:00 PM »
Quote from: John Paul III on October 03, 2012, 09:54:44 AM
Morning has broken....
Fajar merekah. Pagi telah datang.
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