0
Vince Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
a great time if serious talking...
Hi guys,
The following sentence sounds a bit awkward to me. Can anyone tell me whether or not it's wrong, and if so, what's wrong about it?
We had a great time of serious talking and discussed a lot of nonsense while we were enjoying cakes and mince pies
I believe it's somewhere in the underlined part, but I don't know how to revise it.
Regards,
Vince
The following sentence sounds a bit awkward to me. Can anyone tell me whether or not it's wrong, and if so, what's wrong about it?
We had a great time of serious talking and discussed a lot of nonsense while we were enjoying cakes and mince pies
I believe it's somewhere in the underlined part, but I don't know how to revise it.
Regards,
Vince
Top answer
Vince Hi guys, The following sentence sounds a bit awkward to me. Can anyone tell me whether or not it's wrong, and if so, what's wrong about it? We had a great time of serious talking and discussed a lot of nonsense while we were enjoying cakes and mince pies I believe it's somewhere in the underlined part, but I don't know how to revise it.
- Vince Hi guys, The following sentence sounds a bit awkward to me.
- Can anyone tell me whether or not it's wrong, and if so, what's wrong about it?
- We had a great time of serious talking and discussed a lot of nonsense while we were enjoying cakes and mince pies I believe it's somewhere in the underlined part, but I don't know how to revise it.
- Regards, Vince Hi Vince, We had a great time of serious talking and discussed a lot of nonsense while we were enjoying cakes and mince pies – It does sound awkward…and gramamtically wrong.
- If my interpretation is correct, what this sentence said was: We had a great time talking and discussing about things of serious and unimportant nature while we were enjoying pies and cakes.
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
5 Answers
0
VinceHi guys,
The following sentence sounds a bit awkward to me. Can anyone tell me whether or not it's wrong, and if so, what's wrong about it?
We had a great time of serious talking and discussed a lot of nonsense while we were enjoying cakes and mince pies
I believe it's somewhere in the underlined part, but I don't know how to
00
We had a great time of serious talking and discussed a lot of nonsense while we were enjoying cakes and mince pies
Maybe you could change it to "We had a great time. We talked seriously, and also discussed a lot of nonsense while we were..."
or
"We had a great time discussing both serious and nonsensical subjects while we were..."
Maybe you could change it to "We had a great time. We talked seriously, and also discussed a lot of nonsense while we were..."
or
"We had a great time discussing both serious and nonsensical subjects while we were..."
00
We had a great time of serious talking and discussed a lot of nonsense while we were enjoying cakes and mince pies
The sentence appears to mean that we had a serious talk about nonsense. It doesn't make sense.
The sentence appears to mean that we had a serious talk about nonsense. It doesn't make sense.
00
Serious doesn't have to mean just grave/solumn.
It can also mean sincere, determined, resolute, intense, and in this sense is often used to mean 'a lot of' and can be used quite humorously. I think this is probably the meaning meant here. Other examples are 'I did some serious Christmas shopping at the weekend'. this doesn't mean I was walking around being serious about it. It means I d
It can also mean sincere, determined, resolute, intense, and in this sense is often used to mean 'a lot of' and can be used quite humorously. I think this is probably the meaning meant here. Other examples are 'I did some serious Christmas shopping at the weekend'. this doesn't mean I was walking around being serious about it. It means I d
00
Goodman wrote: 'We had a great time talking and discussing about things of serious and unimportant nature while we were enjoying pies and cakes."
Can 'discussing' be used together with 'about'? I was taught by my teacher 'dicussing about' is wrong . Did my teacher teach me wrongly? She said the word 'about' is not required.
Can 'discussing' be used together with 'about'? I was taught by my teacher 'dicussing about' is wrong . Did my teacher teach me wrongly? She said the word 'about' is not required.
0
Related Questions