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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Now I deleted it

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00I'd like an opinion on the following expression:01ol
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  1. 01i00Wait a second, I'm trying to delete a file... 01font00--Are you done?--02font00 ...no, not yet, wait... ok,01b00 [now I deleted it/ I deleted it now].02b02i00 Are those ok? What about using the present perfect? (now I've deleted it)02li
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02i 00 In my opinion it's false. 02i 0-

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  • 02i 00 In my opinion it's false.
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0 I just want to comment: Are you sure to say: 01i00Are you done?02i00 In my opinion it's false. I rather would say: 01i00Have you done?02i0-
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01cite10Spinnaker12cite10I just want to comment: Are you sure to say:10 11i10Are you done?12i10 In my opinion it's false.10 I rather would say: 11i10Have you done?12i12br
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10 01b01font00Although purists may not l
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01cite10Philip12cite11blockquote
11cite20Spinnaker22cite20I just want to comment: Are you sure to say:21font20 21i20Are you done?22i20 In my opinion it's false.22font20 I rather would say: 21i20H
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0 -- Wait a second. I'm trying to delete a file.02br
00 -- Are you done?02br
00 -- No, no yet. Wait. OK, *02br
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00 At the *, you can say any of these:02br
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00 it's deleted.02br
00 now it's deleted.02br
00 it's deleted now.02br
00 I've deleted it.02br
00 now I've
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10-- Wait a second. I'm trying to delete a file.12br
10 -- Are you done?12br
10 -- No, no yet. Wait. OK, *12br
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10 At the *, you can say any of these:12br
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10 it's deleted.12br
10 now it's deleted.12br
10 it's
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0 Hmmm. Unexpected Google result there. CJ0-
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0 Hi,02br
00thanks everyone, and thanks Jim, you told me exactly what I wanted, and even more.02br
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00Now, since I started this thread (it's mine! LOL), I'll take advantage of Marius's post to say that Google shouldn't be used that way. Google results don't mean anything unless you consider them one by one. Google search engine (and all search engines in gener
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0Kooyeen, you're a man after my own heart! [L] Someone who actually looks more closely at what Ms Google serves up. Thanks for the info.050010id1
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0>> Ms Google <<02br
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00I always thought of him as more of a Mr. Google.02br
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00>> I just want to comment: Are you sure to say: Are you done? In my opinion it's false. I rather would say: Have you done? <<02br
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00Actually, in my dialect it would be preferable to say: "Did you do it?" in this context.
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01cite10Marvin A.12cite10>> Ms Google <<12br
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10Actually, in my dialect it would be preferable to say: "Did you do it?" in this context. "*Have you done" is ungrammatical and meaningless in my dialect.12blockquote
10then where are you from? 05002br
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