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Alda1119 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Second opinion

This is a repost,just want to have other opinions about my queries.Emotion: smile

Don't ask for time, ask for hunger.

Does it make sense? My friend has this as his status message in an online chatroom in our country, but I don't understand why he has to say "ask for hunger".

If it makes sense,what does he mean?

Thanks guys!!!

And one more thing.

She'll be extremely punished.

or

She'll extremely be punished.

Are both sentences correct?

Any difference?

Thanks again!!!
  

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alda1119 This is a repost,just want to have other opinions about my queries. Don't ask for time, ask for hunger Are you sure it's supposed to make sense? Just as a wild guess, suppose he's talking about asking for volunteers to spend time helping poor people.

— Avangi

  • alda1119 This is a repost,just want to have other opinions about my queries.
  • Don't ask for time, ask for hunger Are you sure it's supposed to make sense?
  • Just as a wild guess, suppose he's talking about asking for volunteers to spend time helping poor people.
  • You're not really helping until you've suffered.
  • Crazy, Hmmmm?
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alda1119This is a repost,just want to have other opinions about my queries.
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alda1119Don't ask for time, ask for hunger.

Does it make sense?
No. Not to me.
alda1119She'll be extremely punished.

or

She'll extremely be punished.

Are both sentences correct?
Neither is correct. Use this: She'll be severely punished. Or this:
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Hi, Jim,
I agree completely on the adverbs - at least to the point that I would never use "extremely" in that situation. But how would you explain it to someone? (I wouldn't have called it "incorrect.")

Isn't there a noun or adjective describing the frequency with which two words appear in conjunction with one another? I can't think of it. Seems like I've heard it used on the
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AvangiIsn't there a noun or adjective describing the frequency with which two words appear in conjunction with one another? I can't think of it. Seems like I've heard it used on the site.
Are you thinking of "collocation", maybe?
AvangiLooking for past participles which seem to go well with "extremely," I found among the A's and B's:
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Why don't you ask your friend what it means?
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Hi khoff! I already did. he couldn't tell me. haha!

Thanks Jim and A!
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CalifJim[]Are you thinking of "collocation", maybe?
Possibly so, although I've lately come to think of that term more as describing a "fixed expression."
If it's also used as an uncountable, that's probably the ticket.

Thanks for the info. I really appreciate the careful attention. - A.
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