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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Proud

(a) All the Malaysian felt proud.

(b) They were proud for .

(c) They were proud because they were Malaysians.
  

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All Malaysians feel proud. ( when using a simple past, it is better to specify a date OR simply put simple present ) They were proud of Malaysia. ( there is not wrong to use ' for ' but using ' of ' is much better ) They feel proud because they were Malaysians.

— Whl626

  • All Malaysians feel proud.
  • ( when using a simple past, it is better to specify a date OR simply put simple present ) They were proud of Malaysia.
  • ( there is not wrong to use ' for ' but using ' of ' is much better ) They feel proud because they were Malaysians.
  • ( were or feel is a preference but the latter sounds better )
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All Malaysians feel proud. ( when using a simple past, it is better to specify a date OR simply put simple present )

They were proud of Malaysia. ( there is not wrong to use ' for ' but using ' of ' is much better )

They feel proud because they were Malaysians. ( were or feel is a preference but the latter sounds better )
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Can I say,

(A) They felt proud to live in Malaysia.
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Yes you can! Very nice Emotion: big smile
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Vincent TeoCan I say,

(A) They felt proud to live in Malaysia.

Of course, you can but this also at the same time tell people that you may not feel proud NOW living in Malaysia since you use past tense.
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Also,
(c) There They were proud to be Malaysians.

CJ
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this also at the same time tell people that you may not feel proud NOW living in Malaysia since you use past tense.
whl626,

A statement in the past tense does not imply the negation of the same statement in the present tense.

See .

CJ
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CalifJimAlso,
(c) There were proud to be Malaysians.

CJ

Hi Cj,

Do you want to mean "They were proud to be Malaysians"?
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Yes. I'll go back and edit that.
Thanks for the heads-up!

CJ
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CalifJim
this also at the same time tell people that you may not feel proud NOW living in Malaysia since you use past tense.
whl626,

A statement in the past tense does not imply the negation of the same statement in the present tense.

See .

CJ

I know but comparing the simple present and simple past. T
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