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Kooyeen Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
sleep in the same bed as you
Hi,
I read this:
I don't want to sleep in the same bed as you
Is that the natural way to say it? I couldn't understand that "as you" at the end, but now I've realized that maybe the implicit verb (there should be one for such sentences to make sense, right?) might be "sleep". I don't want to sleep in the same bed as you sleep... Maybe. It is so?
And I would have said instead "I don't want to sleep in the same bed with you". Is that natural too?
Thanks
I read this:
I don't want to sleep in the same bed as you
Is that the natural way to say it? I couldn't understand that "as you" at the end, but now I've realized that maybe the implicit verb (there should be one for such sentences to make sense, right?) might be "sleep". I don't want to sleep in the same bed as you sleep... Maybe. It is so?
And I would have said instead "I don't want to sleep in the same bed with you". Is that natural too?
Thanks
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Kooyeen Hi, I read this: I don't want to sleep in the same bed as you Is that the natural way to say it? ) might be "sleep". I don't want to sleep in the same bad as you sleep...
- Kooyeen Hi, I read this: I don't want to sleep in the same bed as you Is that the natural way to say it?
- ) might be "sleep".
- I don't want to sleep in the same bad as you sleep...
- Maybe.
- It is so?
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KooyeenHi,
I read this:
I don't want to sleep in the same bed as you
Is that the natural way to say it? I couldn't understand that "as you" at the end, but now I've realized that maybe the implicit verb (there should be one for such sentences to make sense, right?) might be "sleep". I don't want to sleep
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"Do" is the finite verb when negative occurs, which turns "want" into an auxiliary verb along with "sleep".
"As you" is added to make things clearer. It depends on how the finite verb agrees with the pronoun:
"We don't want to sleep in the same bed (as each other)" - both of us share the opinion.
"I don't want to sleep in the same bed" - The same bed as who? The same be
"As you" is added to make things clearer. It depends on how the finite verb agrees with the pronoun:
"We don't want to sleep in the same bed (as each other)" - both of us share the opinion.
"I don't want to sleep in the same bed" - The same bed as who? The same be
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Thanks, everyone.
I don't want to sleep in the same bed as you sleep.
I couldn't figure out it was "sleep" that was missing (and that you can leave out, of course).
I don't want to sleep in the same bed as you sleep.
I couldn't figure out it was "sleep" that was missing (and that you can leave out, of course).
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KooyeenI don't think it's incorrect grammar. Just because you use "same", doesn't mean you have to use "as"...Yes. I agree with you.
I'm afraid the situation is the same in Irak. <-- This is ok, isn't it?
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"As" is needed when there's a comparison.
"The situation is the same in Iraq" - This is not a comparison, but an merely an observation.
"The situation is the same as in Iraq" - Comparison.
In the first sentence, the subject is Iraq. In the second, the subject is elsewhere, but it's being compared with Iraq.
"The situation is the same in Iraq" - This is not a comparison, but an merely an observation.
"The situation is the same as in Iraq" - Comparison.
In the first sentence, the subject is Iraq. In the second, the subject is elsewhere, but it's being compared with Iraq.
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