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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Oh, [so] you really are crazy
Erica is picking pebbles up at a seashore.
Harry: Why do you only pick up the white ones?
Erica: I don't only pick up the white ones.
Harry: Oh, so you really are crazy.
Erica: I pick up only the white ones? Oh, God. What does that means? That I'm controlling, unadventurous, what?
Harry: So you're as hard on yourself as you are on everyone else. (He picks up a black pebble and gives it to her)
Something to remember me by.
<From the movie "Something's Gotta Give)
1. I'd like to know if "controlling" is a present participle, not an adjective.
2. I'd like to know in lines Harry says what "so" means.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Harry: Why do you only pick up the white ones?
Erica: I don't only pick up the white ones.
Harry: Oh, so you really are crazy.
Erica: I pick up only the white ones? Oh, God. What does that means? That I'm controlling, unadventurous, what?
Harry: So you're as hard on yourself as you are on everyone else. (He picks up a black pebble and gives it to her)
Something to remember me by.
<From the movie "Something's Gotta Give)
1. I'd like to know if "controlling" is a present participle, not an adjective.
2. I'd like to know in lines Harry says what "so" means.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
park sang joon 1. I'd like to know if "controlling" is a present participle, not an adjective. It's an adjective that happens to have the form of a present participle.
- park sang joon 1.
- I'd like to know if "controlling" is a present participle, not an adjective.
- It's an adjective that happens to have the form of a present participle.
- You would not be wrong to describe it either way.
- park sang joon 2.
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park sang joon1. I'd like to know if "controlling" is a present participle, not an adjective.It's an adjective that happens to have the form of a present participle. You would not be wrong to describe it either way.
park sang joon2. I'd like to know in lines Harry says what "so" means.Initial "so" is becoming a popular pa
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Thank you, Mr.Jim, for for yet another so very helpful answer from you.
But I couldn't find it in several dictionaries.
It's an adjective that happens to have the form of a present participle.
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park sang joonBut I couldn't find it in several dictionaries.You might not find it in all dictionaries, but try definition 2 in this one:
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/controlling
CJ
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