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Tuongvan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
After a long time + present participle
Dear teachers,
Can I say these?
After a long time not using, you motorbike will become difficult to start.
After several months not using computer, I find it difficult to type ( here I mean I haven't used computer for a long time, so now I cannot type using computer as well as I did in the past)
Thank you in advance
Can I say these?
After a long time not using, you motorbike will become difficult to start.
After several months not using computer, I find it difficult to type ( here I mean I haven't used computer for a long time, so now I cannot type using computer as well as I did in the past)
Thank you in advance
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Here's my correction: After a long time of not being used, your motorbike will become difficult to start.
- Here's my correction: After a long time of not being used, your motorbike will become difficult to start.
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Here's my correction:
After a long time of not being used, your motorbike will become difficult to start.
After a long time of not being used, your motorbike will become difficult to start.
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Thank you Ant-222, but I find your sentence not natural though it is grammatically correct.
Maybe a native speaker can help us, to be on the safe side.
Maybe a native speaker can help us, to be on the safe side.
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Hey
In the first sentence I'd say:
After a long time not being used, your motorcycle will have problems starting.
You should use the passive form here because the motorcycle cannot use anything, it is, actually, used by someone.
Take a look: After a long time not using my motorcycle, I found it hard to drive it.
The second sentence is correct: After ma
In the first sentence I'd say:
After a long time not being used, your motorcycle will have problems starting.
You should use the passive form here because the motorcycle cannot use anything, it is, actually, used by someone.
Take a look: After a long time not using my motorcycle, I found it hard to drive it.
The second sentence is correct: After ma
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Thank you rafaelinrio very much.
By the way, Can we use OF the way Ant-222 suggested?
After a long time OF not being used, your motorcycle will have problems starting
After a long time OF not using my motorcycle, I found it hard to drive it.
Thank you in advance
By the way, Can we use OF the way Ant-222 suggested?
After a long time OF not being used, your motorcycle will have problems starting
After a long time OF not using my motorcycle, I found it hard to drive it.
Thank you in advance
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No, it sounds very odd. We'd use of in this case if we had a noun right after time, like:
After a long time of reflection, she finally made her decision.
After a long time refecting, she made her decision.
In the motorbike sentence we have:
After a long time of disuse, my motorcycle will have problems starting.
After a long time not being used......
After a long time of reflection, she finally made her decision.
After a long time refecting, she made her decision.
In the motorbike sentence we have:
After a long time of disuse, my motorcycle will have problems starting.
After a long time not being used......
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TuongvanAfter a long time not using, you motorbike will become difficult to start.
rafaelinrioAfter a long time of disuse, my motorcycle will have problems starting.Yes, the passive form is necessary.
After a long time not being used..
"After a long time OF not being used, ..." doesn't really sound any be
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Thank you Yankee veru much
Can we use possessive case here?
After many months' (not) using the computer, I find it difficult to type
Can we use possessive case here?
After many months' (not) using the computer, I find it difficult to type
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