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Jobb Posted 21 years ago
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Life and Spirit
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Simple Life, Free Spirit
Midnight, December 3, 2004, I was wandering on the net, and suddenly I saw the name "Chen Shengshen" flash by my eyes... Well, I found out the photo that I had it taken with Mr.Chen two years ago when as a reporter I visited him, putting it in the very middle of the bookshelf. The background of the photo is a wall, a round quartz clock hanging there, with its hands pointing to the moment: 1:13:04PM, April 5, 2002.
Simple Life, Free Spirit
Midnight, December 3, 2004, I was wandering on the net, and suddenly I saw the name "Chen Shengshen" flash by my eyes... Well, I found out the photo that I had it taken with Mr.Chen two years ago when as a reporter I visited him, putting it in the very middle of the bookshelf. The background of the photo is a wall, a round quartz clock hanging there, with its hands pointing to the moment: 1:13:04PM, April 5, 2002.
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It was midnight on December 3rd, 2004. While wandering the net, I suddenly saw the name "Chen Sheng-shen" flash by my eyes. Two years before, as a reporter, I had visited him.
- It was midnight on December 3rd, 2004.
- While wandering the net, I suddenly saw the name "Chen Sheng-shen" flash by my eyes.
- Two years before, as a reporter, I had visited him.
- I saw the photo that had been taken then, the same photo that I'd put on my bookshelf.
- In the picture was a round clock, its hands indicating 1:13PM, the very moment on April 5th, 2002 that we had last been together.
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It was midnight on December 3rd, 2004. While wandering the net, I suddenly saw the name "Chen Sheng-shen" flash by my eyes. Two years before, as a reporter, I had visited him. I saw the photo that had been taken then, the same photo that I'd put on my bookshelf. In the picture was a round clock, its hands indicating 1:13PM, the very moment on April 5th, 2002 that we had last been together.
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An alternative version:
Simple Life, Free Spirit
Midnight, December 3, 2004. I was surfing the net, when suddenly I saw the name "Chen Shengshen" flash before my eyes...Well, I soon dug out the photo I'd had taken with Mr.Chen two years before, when I visited him as a reporter, and put it in the very middle of the bookshelf. The background of the photo was a wall, with a roun
Simple Life, Free Spirit
Midnight, December 3, 2004. I was surfing the net, when suddenly I saw the name "Chen Shengshen" flash before my eyes...Well, I soon dug out the photo I'd had taken with Mr.Chen two years before, when I visited him as a reporter, and put it in the very middle of the bookshelf. The background of the photo was a wall, with a roun
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Thank you taiwandave and MrP
MrP, should " I'd had taken with Mr.Chen" be " I'd taken with Mr.Chen"?
And, as what you've pointed out, I rewrote "with a round quartz clock hanging there. Its hands pointed to the moment: 1:13:04PM, April 5, 2002." as "with a round quartz clock hanging there, which clearly shows the moment: 1:13:04PM, April 5, 2002."
MrP, should " I'd had taken with Mr.Chen" be " I'd taken with Mr.Chen"?
And, as what you've pointed out, I rewrote "with a round quartz clock hanging there. Its hands pointed to the moment: 1:13:04PM, April 5, 2002." as "with a round quartz clock hanging there, which clearly shows the moment: 1:13:04PM, April 5, 2002."
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Ah! I may have misunderstood, Jobb. Sorry.
1. If you yourself took the picture, when you visited him as a reporter, you would say '...I'd taken of Mr Chen'.
2. If someone else took the picture, and you're in it, you would say '...I'd had taken of Mr Chen and me'.
But I think you meant (1).
I would myself use the past tense of 'show', as the showing of the
1. If you yourself took the picture, when you visited him as a reporter, you would say '...I'd taken of Mr Chen'.
2. If someone else took the picture, and you're in it, you would say '...I'd had taken of Mr Chen and me'.
But I think you meant (1).
I would myself use the past tense of 'show', as the showing of the
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What I referred to is 2:
2. If someone else took the picture, and you're in it, you would say '...I'd had taken of Mr Chen and me'.
But I don't understand the grammar of "I'd had taken" -- "I had had taken"? What grammar is it?
2. If someone else took the picture, and you're in it, you would say '...I'd had taken of Mr Chen and me'.
But I don't understand the grammar of "I'd had taken" -- "I had had taken"? What grammar is it?
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Hello Jobb
'To have something done (by someone else)' is 'to get something done (by someone else)', 'to make arrangements for something to be done (by someone else)', e.g.
'I had/ my hair/ cut.'
'I had/ my house/ painted.'
In your example, the 'someone else' is the photographer. The grammar is ['to have' + object + past participle].
(This differs fro
'To have something done (by someone else)' is 'to get something done (by someone else)', 'to make arrangements for something to be done (by someone else)', e.g.
'I had/ my hair/ cut.'
'I had/ my house/ painted.'
In your example, the 'someone else' is the photographer. The grammar is ['to have' + object + past participle].
(This differs fro
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