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honeybadger_jp | 3 Mar 2011 06:07
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Re: Is the sentence A the same as B ?

Thank you very much for your detailed explanation.
I'm sorry for the delay in my writing thanks.

--- In EngFor <at> yahoogroups.com, Ann English <Ann.English <at> ...> wrote:
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> On 30/01/2011, at 8:12 pm, honeybadger_jp wrote:
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> > Is the sentence A the same as B ?
> >
> > A : There is nothing worse than having that which you built taken  
> > from you.
> >
> > B : There is nothing worse than having what you built taken from you.
> >
> 
> Yes.
> One of the many, many meanings of "what" is "that [thing] which".
> In this case, "what" combines the meanings of the pronoun "that" and  
> the defining determiner "which".
> 
> The sentences are the same in grammar.
> 
> Perhaps  A (to my ear) means somebody takes something from you that  
> you made, for example a house, and B means somebody takes everything  
> from you that you worked on, house, land, family, hopes, and life.
> 
> Good writers make clear that which they mean.
> Good writers make clear what they mean.
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honeybadger_jp | 3 Mar 2011 06:17
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Re: Is the sentence A the same as B ?

Thank you very much for your detailed explanation.
I'm sorry for the delay in my writing thanks.

Long time has passed since I wrote my question. 
Again I study English. 

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> Hi hb:
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> I would say that A and B are both correct and have the same meaning. A 
> is more formal than B; but it would still be OK to use B in an academic 
> paper, for example.
> 
> I would say that this is NOT the same use of "have" as in "I will have 
> my hair cut." In the latter, "have"  means "to cause something to be 
> done." In your sentence A & B, in contrast, "have" means to "experience" 
> or "to undergo" or to "endure."
> On 1/30/2011 2:12 AM, honeybadger_jp wrote:
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> > Is the sentence A the same as B ?
> >
> > A : There is nothing worse than having that which you built taken from 
> > you.
> >
> > B : There is nothing worse than having what you built taken from you.
> >
> > Is the usage of "have" the same as "I will have my hair cut"?
> >
> >
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raju | 19 Mar 2011 13:59
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Mistakes

Making mistakes in English writing has become a habit. I need your help to get rid of that. I joined in this
group to get help and to give if I can. 

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Ann English | 21 Mar 2011 05:55
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Re: Mistakes


On 20/03/2011, at 1:59 am, raju wrote:

> Making mistakes in English writing has become a habit. I need your  
> help to get rid of that. I joined in this group to get help and to  
> give if I can.
>

There is no mistake in grammar in these words.  For style, use "habit"  
for one action repeated many times.  For style, say

> Making mistakes in English writing is something I do too often. I  
> need your help to correct my many different mistakes. I joined in  
> this group to get help and to give it if I can.

Now you must write something else!  If you make mistakes we will  
correct them.
If you like, you can ask questions.

I admire students of a second language.  I am ashamed that I can speak  
only one language.

Ann
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Bill Kelly | 21 Mar 2011 12:07

Re: Mistakes

Welcome to the group, raju!

Here is a correction of your message:

"Making mistakes in English writing has become a habit. I need your help 
to get rid of that. I joined this group to get help and to give it if I 
can."

Bill Kelly
Connecticut USA

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> Making mistakes in English writing has become a habit. I need your 
> help to get rid of that. I joined in this group to get help and to 
> give if I can.
>
> 

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raju | 21 Mar 2011 06:18
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Re: Mistakes

Dear Ann

Thanks. That is very kind of you sparing your time and attention.

While using English as a second language, we miss things like a, an , the some times and we make mistakes while
using tense. For a native English user they are glaring mistakes to spot quickly, where as we are not able
spot them.

We don't know what practice, we can do to write 100% correct English.

I use four languages for day to day usage, the mother tongue Telugu, the national language Hindi, the
business language English and the language of knowledge and Philosophy Sanskrit.

Most of the time we use English for reading, writing and speaking. So there is a need to do it right while
writing with out mistakes.

thank you 

Raju

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> On 20/03/2011, at 1:59 am, raju wrote:
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> > Making mistakes in English writing has become a habit. I need your  
> > help to get rid of that. I joined in this group to get help and to  
> > give if I can.
> >
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Thiago Nascimento | 22 Mar 2011 21:16
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English course online

Hello folks,

I'd like to study English through a online course. Could someone suggest me
a course?

Thank you very much.

P.S.; Correct my English, please.

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Ann English | 23 Mar 2011 05:26
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Re: English course online


On 23/03/2011, at 9:16 am, Thiago Nascimento wrote:

> Hello folks,
>
> I'd like to study English through a online course. Could someone  
> suggest me
> a course?
>
> Thank you very much.
>

There's heaps of good stuff at http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/

> P.S.; Correct my English, please.
>

Okay.  Say "an online course", not "a online course".  Can you see why?

Say "suggest a course to me", not "suggest me a course".   This is an  
idiom.  There is no grammatical reason.  Similar words like "tell"  
have "me" as a direct object, and "course" as an indirect object after  
a preposition.  These sentences are all common and correct.

1 Suggest a course to me
2 Suggest the best course for me
3 Tell me what is the best course
4 Tell me about courses
5 Inform me about the different courses
6 Notify me when a new course starts
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Thiago Nascimento | 24 Mar 2011 16:37
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Present Perfect Continuos

Hello folks,

I'd like to share with you my experience with Present Perfect Continuos
studies.
I have been studying about this verb tense, and I'd like to confirm my
knowledge with
you. I'd like that someone help me with this.

So, I have understood that the Present Perfect continuos is used on
the following situations:

1. When that something started in the past and has contiued up until now.
2. When that something has happened recently or lately.

Is my knowledge correct about this verb tense?

Thanks in advance.

P.S.: Correct my English, please.

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Bill Kelly | 24 Mar 2011 20:19

Re: Present Perfect Continuous

Hi Thiago:

The best way to check your mastery is to write some example sentences in 
the present perfect continuous and send them to us.

As I look at your two rules below, my reaction is that they can truly be 
said of the present perfect continuous, but that they do not by 
themselves differentiate the present perfect continuous from the simple 
present perfect.

On the other hand, you used the present perfect contiuous correctly when 
you wrote: "I have been studying about this verb tense ... ."

Meanwhile, here is a correction of your note below.

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I'd like to share with you my experience with the Present Perfect 
Continuous.

I have been studying this verb tense, and I'd like to confirm my 
knowledge with
you. I'd like someone help me with this.

As I understand it,  the Present Perfect Continuous is used in
the following situations:

1. When something started in the past and has continued up until now.
2. When something has happened recently or lately.
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