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Darcy Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Piece of me

Hi, teacher.
1Which one is correct?
? I don't mind people keeping me waiting. ? I don't mind people keeping me wait..
and explain the reason...

2 You want a piece of me.. what does that mean??it's in" Piece of me" sung by Britney spears. does that you want a part of me?? Dictionary says that it means " a portion of some material; a bit."

Thanks
  

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1-- This is correct: I don't mind people keeping me waiting . Keep takes the -ing form: I kept dancing till I dropped . 2-- You want a piece of me..

— Mister Micawber

  • 1-- This is correct: I don't mind people keeping me waiting .
  • Keep takes the -ing form: I kept dancing till I dropped .
  • 2-- You want a piece of me..
  • it's in" Piece of me" sung by Britney spears.
  • ), but I suppose that the singer is accusing the listener of wanting to be the object of her emotions, to have her emotional attachment.
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1-- This is correct: I don't mind people keeping me waiting. Keep takes the -ing form: I kept dancing till I dropped.

2-- You want a piece of me.. what does that mean??it's in" Piece of me" sung by Britney spears. -- I don't know the song (thank goodness!), but I suppose that the singer is accusing the listener of wanting to be the object of
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In some contexts:

You want a piece of me?
Do you want to attack me, do you want to fight? Common, and get it (a beating).
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Thanks for replying....There are many different verbs that take different forms of verbs-ing ,to infinitive or bare infinitive...They make me confused...so sometimes I wanna know the reason why they have different forms of verbs...Enlgish is difficult to learn...

and I still wonder why "piece of me" means negative meaning like attack , fight or word that means accusing..
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You want a piece of me = you want (to bite/cut) a piece out of me? But the immediacy and directness of the former is what the latter lacks.
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If Robert DeNiro had said it, I would have assumed "do you want to fight?"

But given that the little former pop princess sang it, Mr. M's sense of "you want emotional involvement" with me makes sense.
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Hi,
it has to do with paparazzi. If you want more details, you could try searching the net.
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/FallConcert/story?id=3994980
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Kooyeen, my knowledge of Ms. Spears (and her sister) is already about tenfold what I would wish it to be without actively searching out more!
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 ? I don't mind people keeping me waiting.  ? I don't mind people keeping me wait..

I think both of them are wrong.


"mind" should follow by a V-ing directly. If there's a the other Subject, I would consider it a clause.


The sentense would be I don't mind (if) people keep me waiting. "people keep me waiting" is a clause in this case and "if" is omitted.
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I think both of them are wrong.


"mind" should follow by a V-ing directly. If there's a the other Subject, I would consider it a clause.


The sentense would be I don't mind (if) people keep me waiting. "people keep me waiting" is a clause in this case and "if" is omitted.


two common usage of the verb "mind"  could be


1. I don't mind "
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