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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
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Could you tell me which one is okay among (A)~(D) in the following sentences?
1. Some staff members [ (A) doze / (B) are dozing ] in the conference room during the meeting.
2. No staff members [ (C) doze / (D) are dozing ] in the conference room during the meeting.
Also, can I say "No staff member(singular) dozes/is dozing ~" instead of the above sentence 2?
1. Some staff members [ (A) doze / (B) are dozing ] in the conference room during the meeting.
2. No staff members [ (C) doze / (D) are dozing ] in the conference room during the meeting.
Also, can I say "No staff member(singular) dozes/is dozing ~" instead of the above sentence 2?
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Do you want to talk about a particular occasion, or about general behaviour? If the former, is the meeting happening now?
- Do you want to talk about a particular occasion, or about general behaviour?
- If the former, is the meeting happening now?
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Do you want to talk about a particular occasion, or about general behaviour? If the former, is the meeting happening now?
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1. The act occurs "during the meeting". If both of (A) and (B) are okay though (A) means general behavior while (B) a particular occasion, please just tell me so. I'd just like to know whether (A) or (B) can match to "during the meeting" in any way.
2. Yes. The utterance situation is based on the premise that the meeting is being conducted when the speaker is saying the original sentence.
2. Yes. The utterance situation is based on the premise that the meeting is being conducted when the speaker is saying the original sentence.
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lucas21c1. Some staff members [ (A) doze / (B) are dozing ] in the conference room during the meeting.(A) is generic, i.e., it has the sense of "This always happens", so "during meetings" is the idiomatic choice.
1. Some staff members doze in the conference room during meetings.
(B) is fine as written. The statement is about one spec
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Some staff members doze in the conference room during the meeting.
The meeting is held regularly, and this is what generally happens. Not specifically talking about what is happening now, except possibly (less usually) in a present-tense narrative (story-telling).
Some staff members are dozing in the conference room during the meeting.
Could mean that the meeting is
The meeting is held regularly, and this is what generally happens. Not specifically talking about what is happening now, except possibly (less usually) in a present-tense narrative (story-telling).
Some staff members are dozing in the conference room during the meeting.
Could mean that the meeting is
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