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Tung Quoc Posted 20 years ago
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Hi,
Does the sentence I'm always looking for your reply have the negative meaning or the positive meaning or both?
Please explain.
Quoc
Does the sentence I'm always looking for your reply have the negative meaning or the positive meaning or both?
Please explain.
Quoc
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Where did you get that sentence? I've never heard such a sentence. I'm looking forward to your reply is what you're trying to say, I think.
- Where did you get that sentence?
- I've never heard such a sentence.
- I'm looking forward to your reply is what you're trying to say, I think.
- CJ Edit: Changed look to looking .
- Thanks, Clive.
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Where did you get that sentence? I've never heard such a sentence.
I'm looking forward to your reply is what you're trying to say, I think.
CJ
Edit: Changed look to looking. Thanks, Clive.
I'm looking forward to your reply is what you're trying to say, I think.
CJ
Edit: Changed look to looking. Thanks, Clive.
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Hi,
1/ Can sb say He's always looking forward to your reply? (1)
Does (1) have the negative meaning or positive meaning or both? If both, how can we distinguish them? (Negative meaning means the speaker used always here to complain, to express annoyance or anger....)
2When sb say He's always going there. (2)
Does (2) have the negative mean
1/ Can sb say He's always looking forward to your reply? (1)
Does (1) have the negative meaning or positive meaning or both? If both, how can we distinguish them? (Negative meaning means the speaker used always here to complain, to express annoyance or anger....)
2When sb say He's always going there. (2)
Does (2) have the negative mean
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Tung Quoc
Can sb say He's always looking forward to your reply? (1)
Does (1) have the negative meaning or positive meaning or both? If both, how can we distinguish them? (Negative meaning means the speaker used always here to complain, to express annoyance or anger....)
When sb say He's always going there. (2)
Do
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Adding always is not idiomatic. And besides, it doesn't add anything negative. To get the negative meaning, you need to rephrase. You can be mildly negative or strongly negative.
I'm still waiting for your reply.
It seems that you never reply.
I'm disappointed that you haven't replied yet.
I'm growing impatient that you never reply.
Why don't yo
I'm still waiting for your reply.
It seems that you never reply.
I'm disappointed that you haven't replied yet.
I'm growing impatient that you never reply.
Why don't yo
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Hi,
1/Why did you wrote:Adding always is not idiomatic. ?
2/So, the speaker may use the present progressive with always, forever, constantly not only to complain , i.e., to express annoyance or anger (negative meaning) but also to express the general/neutral idea. Is that right?
(Ex:He's always looking forward to your reply. (1)
1/Why did you wrote:Adding always is not idiomatic. ?
2/So, the speaker may use the present progressive with always, forever, constantly not only to complain , i.e., to express annoyance or anger (negative meaning) but also to express the general/neutral idea. Is that right?
(Ex:He's always looking forward to your reply. (1)
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It's much less typical to use "always" with the present progressive.
It's not logical to expect "always looking forward to" to have any kind of negative meaning. "Looking forward to something" is not the sort of thing that annoys or angers other people.
(2) implies annoyance
(1) can only be understood as positive (unless you can provide a detailed and convi
It's not logical to expect "always looking forward to" to have any kind of negative meaning. "Looking forward to something" is not the sort of thing that annoys or angers other people.
(2) implies annoyance
(1) can only be understood as positive (unless you can provide a detailed and convi
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