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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Grammatical structure
the lesson being taught is about a man and what he has when he is rich and then what happens when he is poor, can you tell me what the grammatical structure is
the examples used is he drinks alot of champagne he used to drink chanpagne now he drinks water
he goes on exotic holidays he used to go on exotic holidays now he does'nt.
i would appreciate any help thanks
the examples used is he drinks alot of champagne he used to drink chanpagne now he drinks water
he goes on exotic holidays he used to go on exotic holidays now he does'nt.
i would appreciate any help thanks
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Hi Anon: If you used punctuation, your grammar would improve a lot. Here is a model sentence: H e used to drink cha m pagne , but now he drinks water . Regards, A- s
- Hi Anon: If you used punctuation, your grammar would improve a lot.
- Here is a model sentence: H e used to drink cha m pagne , but now he drinks water .
- Regards, A- s
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Hi Anon:
If you used punctuation, your grammar would improve a lot. Here is a model sentence:
He used to drink champagne, but now he drinks water.
Regards,
A-
If you used punctuation, your grammar would improve a lot. Here is a model sentence:
He used to drink champagne, but now he drinks water.
Regards,
A-
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Anonymousthe grammatical structureThe present tense expresses a habit in present time.
He drinks champagne. He goes on exotic holidays.
The idiom "used to" expresses a habit in past time. (Negative: "didn't use to")
He used to drink champagne. He used to go on exotic holidays.
So you can use both to show a
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I'm having trouble with identiftying the structure in the same lesson. Did you find out what the stucture was at all? Thanks ..
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If the information in this thread doesn't show the structure, then I don't know what you mean by structure. Can you explain in greater detail what sort of information you want to know about these sentences that you are calling their "structure"?
CJ
CJ
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He means :
for example
"We're meeting at six outside the Odeon"
This is Present Continuous
the grammatical structure is
we + present auxiliary verb 'are' + main verb + ing
so what would the grammatical structure for those sentences be (using "used to")
for example
"We're meeting at six outside the Odeon"
This is Present Continuous
the grammatical structure is
we + present auxiliary verb 'are' + main verb + ing
so what would the grammatical structure for those sentences be (using "used to")
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Anonymous,
Please use correct capitalization and punctuation if you wish to help. See red highlights.
Please use correct capitalization and punctuation if you wish to help. See red highlights.
Anonymousfor example: "We're meeting at six outside the Odeon. "This is Present Continuous.
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