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MIG Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

stall or stalled.

Hi. Please take a look on the sentence bellow. It's from oxford dictionary.

stall him until I’ve had time to take a look.

Shouldn't it have been "stalled"?
  

Top answer

No, it's an imperative. If it's a sentence then it should start with a capital letter.

— GPY

  • No, it's an imperative.
  • If it's a sentence then it should start with a capital letter.
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No, it's an imperative.

If it's a sentence then it should start with a capital letter.
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No.
'Stall him . . . '
It's an imperative, so it uses the infinitive form of the verb.
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Thank you GPY and Clive.
Sorry, I don't get it. If its imperative then why it says "I''ve had time", it seems to me it is describing a past event.
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MIGSorry, I don't get it. If its imperative then why it says "I''ve had time", it seems to me it is describing a past event.
It is in the past relative to the future time of "until" (i.e. the time that it is no longer necessary to stall him).
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Thank you GPY.
After 10 minutes I think I've got it.Emotion: smile
For example If I want to continue t
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MIG could it be something like the sentence below?Stall him until I’ve had time to take a look then leave there and come back to den.
I suppose it could, but I don't know what you mean by 'come back to den'.
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Hi fivejedjon and thank you very much.Emotion: smile
I presume that they are gangster and after doing their job they will go back to den(A pla
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Stall him until I’ve had time to take a look, then leave (there) and come back to the den.
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Gangsters and cowboy outlaws met in 'dens' when I went to the Saturday matinees in the early 1950s. I didn't think they still did so.
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Thank you very much GPY and fivejedjon.
fivejedjonGangsters and cowboy outlaws met in 'dens' when I went to the Saturday matinees in the early 1950s. I didn't think they still did so.
I didn't know that, I just found that in my dictionary.
I think "nest" would be a better choice.
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