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Re: English Room
« Reply #15 on: September 25, 2012, 10:00:15 PM »
the problem is , when someone reply me with amazing english maybe i cannot replied..hahaha
Golden rule #2,

Never, ever put any kind of verb other than verb 1 after ANY form of modals. So, there's no such thing like "cannot repliED" in English.


@steavan,

I'm not picking on you. I just want your English to be better.
So, keep on posting.
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Re: English Room
« Reply #16 on: September 25, 2012, 10:43:33 PM »

Golden rule #1,
Never, ever put verb 2, 3, or s/es right after "to".

There's no such thing as "to saw" (except if you mean to CUT something), "to went", "to seen" etc.

You'll find "to + V-ing", but it is not a verb. It's gerund.

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are u english teacher, bro?

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Re: English Room
« Reply #17 on: September 26, 2012, 08:14:49 AM »
New board? Good idea...!!   :afro:
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Re: English Room
« Reply #18 on: September 26, 2012, 08:32:10 AM »
btw, momod and mimin, can u fix my topic's name?
the topic is "review last movie u saw..hehe" change into "review last movie u seen..hehe"
and move it to movie and games child board

thank u very much :p
« Last Edit: September 26, 2012, 08:33:45 AM by steavan_lop »

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Re: English Room
« Reply #19 on: September 26, 2012, 08:54:24 AM »
btw, momod and mimin, can u fix my topic's name?
the topic is "review last movie u saw..hehe" change into "review last movie u seen..hehe"
and move it to movie and games child board

thank u very much :p

Review last movie you've seen ==> Present perfect
Review last movie you saw ==> Past tense

The second is the correct one, bro.

Salam.
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Re: English Room
« Reply #20 on: September 26, 2012, 09:23:09 AM »
by the way, which one below is correct? no. 1 or 2 ?  :think:

1. Guest arrival today is Mr. ....
2. Guest's arrival today is Mr.....
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Re: English Room
« Reply #21 on: September 26, 2012, 10:12:39 AM »
by the way, which one below is correct? no. 1 or 2 ?  :think:

1. Guest arrival today is Mr. ....
2. Guest's arrival today is Mr.....

i will choose number one..
am i right?

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Re: English Room
« Reply #22 on: September 26, 2012, 10:21:40 AM »
by the way, which one below is correct? no. 1 or 2 ?  :think:

1. Guest arrival today is Mr. ....
2. Guest's arrival today is Mr.....
None is correct. The speaker makes a twist in the subject.

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Re: English Room
« Reply #23 on: September 26, 2012, 10:33:38 AM »
None is correct. The speaker makes a twist in the subject.

what is the right phrase?
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Re: English Room
« Reply #24 on: September 26, 2012, 10:55:32 AM »
english learning class..

good.. :D

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Re: English Room
« Reply #25 on: September 26, 2012, 12:47:01 PM »
by the way, which one below is correct? no. 1 or 2 ?  :think:

1. Guest arrival today is Mr. ....
2. Guest's arrival today is Mr.....

I think it's better to re-phrase it into: "The guest (who is) arriving today is Mr. XXX".
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Re: English Room
« Reply #26 on: September 26, 2012, 12:55:22 PM »
Review last movie you've seen ==> Present perfect
Review last movie you saw ==> Past tense

The second is the correct one, bro.

Salam.
:)

I'm not as good as bro roderick in grammar, nor i can explain exactly why, but i think it's more natural to say either "Review the last movie(s) you saw" or "Review the movie(s) you've see".
Using the word "last movie" indicate that it happened recently and we are emphasizing that particular time frame --> thus past tense is used.
Bro roderick, CMIIW pls...
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Re: English Room
« Reply #27 on: September 26, 2012, 01:06:20 PM »
what is the right phrase?
It's up to you as long as you separate the subject 'arrival' from the person Mr.... 

Just a sugestion,

Guest who arrivED today was Mr...

or

Guest arrivING (adjective phrase, i.e 'who has arrived') today is Mr...

Any other opinion?

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Re: English Room
« Reply #28 on: September 26, 2012, 01:18:20 PM »
It's up to you as long as you separate the subject 'arrival' from the person Mr.... 

Just a sugestion,

Guest who arrivED today was Mr...

or

Guest arrivING (adjective phrase, i.e 'who has arrived') today is Mr...

Any other opinion?
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...

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Re: English Room
« Reply #29 on: September 26, 2012, 02:20:40 PM »
wow..wow i'm confuse..hahahaha

maybe let the English's master chat..haha