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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

I'm concentrating/ concentrated

I found the line below online.
But for now I'm concentrated on the maturity exam

Is this correct?

Sounds like the speaker is forced to concentrate on the exam.

Thanks
  

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Probably should be - I'm concentratING on the maturity exam. )

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  • Probably should be - I'm concentratING on the maturity exam.
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Probably should be -
I'm concentratING on the maturity exam. (what the heck is a maturity exam?)
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Grammatically, it is correct (past participle as an adjective), but this is not usually used to describe a person. It is used for liquids and abstract nouns (concentrated effort, concentrated milk)
The sentence should be the present progressive - I am concentrating on the maturity exam.
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Thanks, SamuraiF and Alphecca.
AlpheccaStars It is used for liquids and abstract nouns (concentrated effort, concentrated milk)
Got it!

I don't know the maturity exam, either, haha.
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(what the heck is a maturity exam?)

Hi,

I assume this was written by an Italian, since it looks like a word-for-word translation of our "esame di maturità".
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Thanks, Tanit.

I think the writer was too concentrating on the maturity exam, and thus made a slip of the pen (concentrating->concentrated).
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