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Pb03 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
If they arrived at lunchtime,
Hello everyone,
I don't know whether the sentence below is corret or not grammatically and
am confused about the situation, especially about the "if part", that is "If they arrived at lunchtime."
Supposing that it is the correct sentence, did they(they in the sentence) already arrive in the spot or not?
So can the sentence possibly be said by a person who are looking at some group which already arrived at some destination?
Or is it possible to be said by a person who are waiting for some group to arrive at some destination?
Anyone who give me a hand would be appreciated a lot.
Thanks!
pb
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If they arrived at lunchtime, they must have been going some.
I don't know whether the sentence below is corret or not grammatically and
am confused about the situation, especially about the "if part", that is "If they arrived at lunchtime."
Supposing that it is the correct sentence, did they(they in the sentence) already arrive in the spot or not?
So can the sentence possibly be said by a person who are looking at some group which already arrived at some destination?
Or is it possible to be said by a person who are waiting for some group to arrive at some destination?
Anyone who give me a hand would be appreciated a lot.
Thanks!
pb
ex)
If they arrived at lunchtime, they must have been going some.
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Hello Pb03, If they arrived at lunchtime, they must have been going some . There is a grammar problem with the sentence in pink. First correct it please.
- Hello Pb03, If they arrived at lunchtime, they must have been going some .
- There is a grammar problem with the sentence in pink.
- First correct it please.
- As for "if clause", it is correct and gives us the meaning that action happened in the past.
- As for the meaning, someone out of the group can say such a thing.
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Hello Pb03,
If they arrived at lunchtime, they must have been going some. There is a grammar problem with the sentence in pink. First correct it please. As for "if clause", it is correct and gives us the meaning that action happened in the past. As for the meaning, someone out of the group can say such a thing. In fact, if the person who told
If they arrived at lunchtime, they must have been going some. There is a grammar problem with the sentence in pink. First correct it please. As for "if clause", it is correct and gives us the meaning that action happened in the past. As for the meaning, someone out of the group can say such a thing. In fact, if the person who told
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Hi Doll,
They must have been going some is a colloquial expression meaning they must have travelled very quickly.
LRR
They must have been going some is a colloquial expression meaning they must have travelled very quickly.
LRR
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Hi Pb03,
The sentence is correct. It is a comment on a past action (the early arrival of the group) by someone who is surprised. A paraphrase would be: They got here as early as lunchtime, so they must have been travelling really quickly.
LRR
The sentence is correct. It is a comment on a past action (the early arrival of the group) by someone who is surprised. A paraphrase would be: They got here as early as lunchtime, so they must have been travelling really quickly.
LRR
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I didn't know this.0
No need to feel like the Lone Ranger. I didn't know it either. It's not an idiom I've heard in American English.
I thought it was a misprint for going home.
I thought it was a misprint for going home.
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LRR said:Interesting, I'd've bet it means
They must have been going some is a colloquial expression meaning they must have travelled very quickly.
they must have travelled quite (a large) distance
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Now all of you are really gonna get relieved... I didn't even NOTICE that "some" was written there until Doll coloured it pink :-#
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CalifJimIt's not an idiom I've heard in American English."Going some" and "caning it" are two really common idioms in Britain that mean driving too fast.
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