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Paco2004 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

I don't like

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00Please look at the three sentences below. 02br
00 [1] I don't like that he is with a woman. 02br
00 [2] I don't like it that he is with a woman. 02br
00 [3] I don't like it when he is with a woman. 02br
00Which sounds natural and which sounds unnatural to you? 02br
00If two or more sound natural, is there any difference in the sense and the usage? 02br
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00paco 02br
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00[PS] I corrected a careless mistake in [3] after Mic's pointing out it. 0-
  

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0I think you left a 'he' out of #3, Paco. 02br 02br 00If I have to choose, I'll choose #3 (as amended), with #2 second, and #1 third. They all have the same meaning, for which I'd say 'I don't like his being with a woman'-- or actually, 'I don't like her being with a man'.

— Mister Micawber

  • 0I think you left a 'he' out of #3, Paco.
  • 02br 02br 00If I have to choose, I'll choose #3 (as amended), with #2 second, and #1 third.
  • They all have the same meaning, for which I'd say 'I don't like his being with a woman'-- or actually, 'I don't like her being with a man'.
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0I think you left a 'he' out of #3, Paco. 02br
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00If I have to choose, I'll choose #3 (as amended), with #2 second, and #1 third. They all have the same meaning, for which I'd say 'I don't like his being with a woman'-- or actually, 'I don't like her being with a man'. 0-
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0 Hello MrMicawber 02br
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00Thank you for pointing the error. I corrected it. 02br
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00Somehow I feel a difference between "when" (#3) and "that" (#2 and #1). "When" seems to imply his being with a woman is a temporary state, but "that" implies it is rather a permanent state. Am I wrong? 02br
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00paco 02br
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0#s 1 and 2 are also read that way, but I didn't take them that way-- I presumed that you were presenting three ways of saying the same thing. Of course, 'when' is a temporal conjunction. 02br
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00PS: I wish you wouldn't edit while I'm replying-- it's disconcerting. Re your PS, the same comment applies. 0-
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0 Sorry and thanks. So do you mean there could be some difference in the usage between "that" and "when", though my examples are not appropriate to illustrate the difference? 02br
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00paco 0-
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0Sure there are, and your examples are fine. I was pursuing 'naturalness'. 0-
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0 Thank you. 02br
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00Frankly I'm not so much acquainted with this construct of 00. I'll learn more about it by myself, and I'll ask you again when I find something I can't get. 02br
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00paco 02br
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0 Hello Teachers 02br
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00Please look at the three sentences below. 12br
10 [1] I don't like that he is with a woman. 12br
10 [2] I don't like it that he is with a woman. 12br
10 [3] I don't like it when he is with a woman. 12br
10Which sounds natural and which sounds unnatural to you? 12br

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0 Well, #1 does sound a bit strange to me, now you mention it. I assumed it was a non-BrE dialect... 02br
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00MrP 0-
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0 Hello MrP 02br
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00Thank you for the confirmation. It's difficult for me to get what verb requires "it" and what not. 02br
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00paco 0-
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0 Dear paco; 02br
00I have a question. 02br
00“I don't like it that he is with a woman. “ Could this mean, for instance, “I don’t like the fact that he is with a woman now”? 02br
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00“I don't like it when he is with a woman.” ? “I don’t like his attitude when he is with a woman.” 02br
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00Then I don’t know how
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