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Infinity Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
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0 I don't know when it was, but the example of connecting a verb and proverb was discussed here in this forum. Some said, "Do you know if she is around and going to the meeting?" was ungrammatical, and the other said it might have been but it sounded perfectly OK. Then I am wondering if this sentence below is OK. 02 br
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00 He has a great personality and been the most popular kid in my class. 02 br
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00 (P.S. Thanks CJ, for your advice on my last post.) 0-
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0 01 blockquote 01 cite 10 infinity 12 cite 10 I don't know when it was, but the example of connecting a verb and proverb was discussed here in this forum. " was ungrammatical, and the other said it might have been but it sounded perfectly OK. Then I am wondering if this sentence below is OK.
- 0 01 blockquote 01 cite 10 infinity 12 cite 10 I don't know when it was, but the example of connecting a verb and proverb was discussed here in this forum.
- " was ungrammatical, and the other said it might have been but it sounded perfectly OK.
- Then I am wondering if this sentence below is OK.
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- 12 br 12 br 11 font 10 To my mind, this doesn't work either grammatically or semantically.
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01 cite 10 infinity 12 cite 10 I don't know when it was, but the example of connecting a verb and proverb was discussed here in this forum. Some said, "Do you know if she is around and going to the meeting?" was ungrammatical, and the other said it might have been but it sounded perfectly OK. Then I am wondering if this sentence below is OK. 1
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01 cite 10 infinity 12 cite 10 He has a great personality and been the most popular kid in my class. 12 blockquote10 A very awkward example of zeugma: 'have' here acts both as a main verb (has great personality) and an auxiliary (has been). 02 br
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00 So no, it doesn't really work! 02 br
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0 Thank you very much, sir. 02 br
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00 I guess it was paco, who'd used the same logic as you did here in order to explain why "…is around here and going to the meeting" is ungrammatical. Isn't this 'is' in 'is going to' an auxiliary? 0-
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00 I guess it was paco, who'd used the same logic as you did here in order to explain why "…is around here and going to the meeting" is ungrammatical. Isn't this 'is' in 'is going to' an auxiliary? 0-
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0 Hello Infinity(?) 02 br
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00 At that time I was rather against "is around and going to ~". But now I'm inclined to think that it is OK. It is believed to be a rule that "and" connects two syntactic units of same sort. But this rule does not prohibit the use of a phrase like "is around and going to ~". Perhaps we can say even a sentence like "
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00 At that time I was rather against "is around and going to ~". But now I'm inclined to think that it is OK. It is believed to be a rule that "and" connects two syntactic units of same sort. But this rule does not prohibit the use of a phrase like "is around and going to ~". Perhaps we can say even a sentence like "
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0 Dear paco, 02 br
00 Then what do you think about this one? 02 br
00 "My girlfriend wants to buy a cat which already has a name and been registered." 02 br
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00 Then what do you think about this one? 02 br
00 "My girlfriend wants to buy a cat which already has a name and been registered." 02 br
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00 As MrPedantic pointed out, would this be unacceptable? 0-
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0 Hello Infinity 02 br
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00 The answer is definitely "No". 00 00 But I think what you want to know is not that kind of answer. I guess you are seeking any rules about coordinate conjunction using "and". I myself, by surveying books and online sites, have looked for any articles describing such rules. But it has been rather a vain effort u
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00 The answer is definitely "No". 00 00 But I think what you want to know is not that kind of answer. I guess you are seeking any rules about coordinate conjunction using "and". I myself, by surveying books and online sites, have looked for any articles describing such rules. But it has been rather a vain effort u
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0 QUOTE: But it has been rather a vain effort until right now. 02 br
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00 This implies that you have just been successful. however, I think you mean: "But it has been rather a vain effort so far" - meaning that the effort is not yet complete. 02 br
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00 QUOTE: Perhaps we can say "She was a young Japanese and attending an English school". But I'm not sure w
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00 This implies that you have just been successful. however, I think you mean: "But it has been rather a vain effort so far" - meaning that the effort is not yet complete. 02 br
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0 To answer the original question: you can't use "been" without the preceeding verb "has" or "have". 0-
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0 But I would add that you CAN often use the participle in this way: "being", "going" etc. 02 br
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00 She was thinking about being Queen of the May and going to the party. She was having fun and being naughty. 0-
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00 She was thinking about being Queen of the May and going to the party. She was having fun and being naughty. 0-
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