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GforOevOerD

Sep 18, 2016 11:45

@V.V. I posted it.

GforOevOerD

Sep 18, 2016 11:45

Someone dreaming of becoming *a professional singer needs to take voice lessons.

GforOevOerD

Sep 18, 2016 11:44

@CowperKettle I want to make a reduced relative clause sentence using the clause which my English book has given me: . . . Should follow latest trends in modeling. The book itself has given an example : Someone dreaming of a professional singer needs to take voice lessons.

GforOevOerD

Sep 18, 2016 10:54

Is this sentence correct? "Someone model should follow the latest trends in clothing."

GforOevOerD

Sep 17, 2016 17:37

@DamkerngT. Thank you!

GforOevOerD

Sep 17, 2016 17:36

@DamkerngT. In my English book, it's been asked to write the noun form of the word "Original". I don't know what that would be.

GforOevOerD

Sep 17, 2016 17:35

@DamkerngT. I like the music. Thanks for sharing.

GforOevOerD

Sep 17, 2016 17:34

Is "Origin" noun form of the adjective "Original" ?

GforOevOerD

Sep 17, 2016 17:33

Hi all

GforOevOerD

Jul 6, 2016 18:57

@CowperKettle Haha I'm sorry. Next time I'll take correct pictures.

GforOevOerD

Jul 6, 2016 17:42

@Araucaria Thanks

GforOevOerD

Jul 6, 2016 16:36

GforOevOerD

Jul 6, 2016 16:31

Sure I should take a picture though.

GforOevOerD

Jul 6, 2016 16:31

I think (not) there means to make verbs negative depending on the state.

GforOevOerD

Jul 6, 2016 16:15

The negative form of had to is didn't have to and the book was trying to be clever which is a really wrong idea to teach beginners

GforOevOerD

Jul 6, 2016 16:14

Yes

GforOevOerD

Jul 6, 2016 16:11

@V.V. Thanks!

GforOevOerD

Jul 6, 2016 16:08

I don't think if not had to is correct.

GforOevOerD

Jul 6, 2016 16:08

What do you mean?

GforOevOerD

Jul 6, 2016 16:05

I have never ever heard (not) had to before whole my life.

GforOevOerD

Jul 6, 2016 16:05

Hi all. I'm practicing with an English tutorial book named "Passages" and I came to a question which is as so: "Complete sentences with (not) had to , was (not) supposed to, should(not) have, or (not) needed to and the correct form of the verb parentheses."

I'm wondering, what does (not) had to mean?

GforOevOerD

Jul 1, 2016 15:57

@snailplane: Is it correct by the point of grammar?

GforOevOerD

Jul 1, 2016 15:06

I don't know whether I should write gerund or infinitive after these verbs. I would appreciate anyone who could help me. "I suggested to go/going out for dinner and to see / seeing a movie.

GforOevOerD

Jul 1, 2016 15:04

Hi all

GforOevOerD

Jun 28, 2016 12:40

Are these sentences gramatically correct?

1:"A border town is near a border with another state or city."

2:"A college town or university town is a community that is dominated by its university population."

3:"A mountain town is a town located on the top of a mountain."

4:"A resort town is a town which people go to on holidays to rest and stay relaxed."

5:"A suburban town is a town located on outskirts of a city or larger town."

6:"A coastal town is a town near a beach."

7:"An industrial town is a town in which individual sites, factories and other important industrial areas are locat…

GforOevOerD

May 14, 2016 19:27

I'm learning Arabic, and I accidentally typed that xD

GforOevOerD

May 14, 2016 19:25

hahahaha

GforOevOerD

May 14, 2016 19:25

اشاشاش

GforOevOerD

May 14, 2016 19:22

@DamkerngT. You're welcome, but you wrote the explanation. :P

GforOevOerD

May 14, 2016 19:20

@DamkerngT. The explanation is brilliant, thank you so much.

GforOevOerD

May 14, 2016 19:10

@DamkerngT. Thank you, you're right. Do all verbs come in their infinitive form after "to", like the earlier sentence?

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GforOevOerD

Sep 17, 2016 17:12

@Robusto I think the first one means one who works to gain knowledge while the second means workers who are informed.

GforOevOerD

Sep 17, 2016 16:37

@Robusto Thanks!

GforOevOerD

Sep 17, 2016 16:36

@tchrist Thank you

GforOevOerD

Sep 17, 2016 16:36

@Robusto I understand, thank you. Can we say, knowledgeable people?

GforOevOerD

Sep 17, 2016 16:34

@tchrist Haha, should I stick with Passages? Only one more book is left

GforOevOerD

Sep 17, 2016 16:34

Thanks guys!

GforOevOerD

Sep 17, 2016 16:32

@Robusto Thanks for the answer. What do you mean?

GforOevOerD

Sep 17, 2016 16:32

@tchrist Basically, I should use the adjs for people. So, knowledgeable workers.

GforOevOerD

Sep 17, 2016 16:32

@tchrist I have progressed much in this book, I'm almost at its end. If I buy Oxford books, would that influence my learning process?

GforOevOerD

Sep 17, 2016 16:30

@tchrist Wow! How did you do that?

GforOevOerD

Sep 17, 2016 16:30

@tchrist Thank you so much. Hmmm, I'm currently using Passages, I don't know anything about Oxford books.

GforOevOerD

Sep 17, 2016 16:29

@tchrist That's even worse when you get to know that it's been released by Cambridge.

GforOevOerD

Sep 17, 2016 16:28

@tchrist My English books asked me to write that.

GforOevOerD

Sep 17, 2016 16:27

@tchrist Thanks for the answer. I'd like to convert "Knowledge" to the adjectival form.

GforOevOerD

Sep 17, 2016 16:26

What's the adj form of the noun "knowledge" ?

GforOevOerD

Sep 17, 2016 16:26

Hi all

GforOevOerD

Jul 6, 2016 16:37

@MattE.Эллен Thank you so much.

GforOevOerD

Jul 6, 2016 16:12

And is the negative form of had to : Didn't have to + infinitive. correct?

GforOevOerD

Jul 6, 2016 16:07

Hi. I'm practicing with an English tutorial book named "Passages" and I came to a question which is as so: "Complete sentences with (not) had to , was (not) supposed to, should(not) have, or (not) needed to and the correct form of the verb parentheses."

I'm wondering, what does (not) had to mean?
I have never ever heard (not) had to before whole my life.