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Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
16:46
@pazzo , my mistake, an author gave an example "Common to many Indo-European languages". Anyway, thanks for the minus. — Avtokod 4 hours ago
Aww...
 
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Iplodman
Iplodman
18:29
@DamkerngT. Aww, poor Avto! ;P
 
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Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
21:05
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Q: Difference in nuance between "not minding", "having nothing against it" and "having no objections"

Study.English.WellIs there any difference between the sentences below? If not, which one is least awkward to you? I felt (had a feeling) that they didn't mind. I felt that they had nothing against. I felt that they had no objections. Could you also tell me what type of subordinate clause it is: predic...

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Anonymous
23:29
New linguistics term of the day: mirative
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
@snailboat It's a miracle!
Oh, no! All the bounties are gone!
Anonymous
Are there bounties that are supposed to be there still?
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
I was thinking about posting an answer to this: ell.stackexchange.com/q/35156/3281
Anonymous
Ah, there's still time! :-)
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
checking my old notes in another room...
ʇolɐǝz ǝɥʇ qoq
ʇolɐǝz ǝɥʇ qoq
23:40
Hi!
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Hi! @ʇolɐǝzǝɥʇqoq
Anonymous
Hello, Bob!
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
@snailboat I wasn't sure about this:
in The English Learning Cabin, Apr 23 at 11:10, by Damkerng T.
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Anonymous
What about it?
ʇolɐǝz ǝɥʇ qoq
ʇolɐǝz ǝɥʇ qoq
H̢͙̦͉̩̬̰̺͎̻̼̗̖̗͉̮̤ͭ͗̿ͪͭ͆ͨ͑͛ͯ̓̈́ͤ̏̀̽̽̇͟ͅe̖͓̰͔̱̮̪̻̱͔̫̖̟͓͍͍̗͒̓͑̓ͨ̚͢͢ͅl̸̡̛͚̳̻̦̮͖͕͓̃͂̏̅ͨ͑̚l͉͍̦͈͕̩̗̣̰̭ͩͤ́̋̌͋͒ͭ̔͋̄ͩ̋̌̅̾͋ͨ͜o̶̢̜͕̺͍̫̟̱̦ͤ̀ͤ͂͌ͦ̄͛̐̒ͯ̐̓͒́̏̿̍̕!̵̧͇̬̰̳̲̣͓̳̐͗͋͗͑̿̆͗̾̄̃̀͌́̚͞ͅ
̶̡̛̲̙̼̜̘̦̜ͮ͛͐̎ͧ̕͢ͅ
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
23:42
To answer "what is the construction verb + (verb + ing) called?", I think my answer would be "a gerund-participial which can be considered as either an object or an internal complement of verb?"
@ʇolɐǝzǝɥʇqoq A very strange Hello!
Anonymous
Both verb to verb and verb verb-ing are catenative constructions
ʇolɐǝz ǝɥʇ qoq
ʇolɐǝz ǝɥʇ qoq
@DamkerngT. Ỷ̨̰̟͎̰̥̱̠̻͉͇̦͓͔̦͉̬͎̖̊̇̉̈́ͭ͑͂̈̀̚ͅe̶̷̶͔͇̻̻͙̭̣̤̱̯̗̥̒ͮͫ̾̕s̸̡̭͍̖̲̦̟͊ͥ̊̓͆̎ͫ́̇̌̋ ̷̵̫͍̭̮͍̲̜̠̄̎͋̒͗͂͆̽̌̿͜͡i̸͖̼̭͉͉͑ͧ͑͐̇ͥͭ̓̇ͯ͋͐̂ͦ̑̈͑͢n͒ͣͦ̑ͭ͊̂͛ͤ̿̄̿̈́͢͜͏̛̣̻͓̟̯̥̞̜̖̞͓̮͉͜ͅ‌​d̝̗̺̫̰̜̜̉ͫ͐͋̾ͧ̃̉́̀͞ͅe̢̡̱̘̭̯̪͈̬̮͉̥̱̼ͭ̂̅ͩ͊̕e̶̮̞̹̻̘̰̝͉̠̬̼͔͗ͦ̌ͯͮͤ͗ͧͯ̾̀ͦ̄̔́͛̅̚d͆ͭ̑ͦ͋ͯͯ‌​̴͇̻̠̦̱ͨͫͥ̍͜͡!͚͎͖͓̳̬̪̘͕̞̱̜̐ͮ̋ͭ̓ͦ̿̇͛͆ͥ̍̈̋̋̕͢͟͠ͅ
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
@snailboat Oh, nice name! Does that Student's book use the same term?
@ʇolɐǝzǝɥʇqoq ?!?
A-ha! Found it on some pages.
Anonymous
Turn to page 214
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Page 214 is unavailable. :(
ʇolɐǝz ǝɥʇ qoq
ʇolɐǝz ǝɥʇ qoq
23:46
@DamkerngT. Z̢͚͍̠̣̪̟̮̠̘̖ͣͥ̑͌͋̔̈́̌̎͢͜a̸̠̲̦̘͉͎̝̳͎̤̼̺͉̦̳̩̬̫ͭͫ̉̆ͭ͋̑̓̒̉͐̿ͨ̓̚̕͟͞͠l̏̊̍͗̔̋̃̅͒̎̄ͯ̂ͪͦ̅ͤ‌​͓͉̫̫̣̫̦̣͍̰̣͕̀́ģ͖̲̜̖͉͈̫ͥͩ̉͋̓͊͐̄̉́͢o̸̝̝̘͍͗̔̈́́̌̍ͪ̆̓̄ͨ̈́͊̆̉͊͒̈́̕͠ ̷̴̱̤̣̤̰̲͖̝̖̖̲̩̊̆ͧ͛̂̽̋ͣͦ̀͟͟͟t̐ͧ͆ͦͪ̑́͛͐̅͛̓ͧ͂͏̴̠͍̲͚̙̪̥͓̩̰͕̱͚̬͢͜͝e̷̡̧ͫ̃̈͒ͧ̇̽͊͋̑͌̔ͣ̒͟‌​̱̝̺̝͓̣̘̝̼̹͍͎͜ͅx̡̨̰͈̞͉̦͙̹̰̻̬̞̬͇͇͌͊̀͌͒̽ͩ̿ͭ̀̋̒̀̎ͬ̃ͫ̚͢͠ͅt̨̗̤̠̜̝̹̲̼͚͈̤̐̾̆̐͑ͥ̀̓͜͢͞
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Oh, wait, I can open it!
Anonymous
Basically, a verb is taking a non-finite clause as a complement.
Anonymous
> He started [to feel sleepy].
> He started [falling asleep].
Anonymous
The bracketed portions are two different kinds of non-finite clause
Anonymous
The first one is a to-infinitival clause
Anonymous
23:47
The second is a gerund-participial clause
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
nods -- I was trying to find a hypernym for it. Thanks for the tip!
Anonymous
Can you see page 215, too?
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Yes!
Anonymous
> She seems to want to stop trying to avoid meeting him.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
I can go as far as page 216.
Anonymous
23:49
Read the explanation around that example
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
catenative construction/verb/complement. Nice!
Oh, I didn't notice that F.E. had already added the tag catenative-verbs to the question! Silly me. :D
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23:53
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