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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Talking about plans

Hi.
A woman asked a man:
"where will you be taking your holiday this summer?"
is she asking about his plans for holidays by using the progrssive tense?
couldn't she omit taking?
  

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No, you certainly cannot omit 'taking'. Then the sentence has no main verb: (X) 'Where will you be your holiday'???

— Mister Micawber

  • No, you certainly cannot omit 'taking'.
  • Then the sentence has no main verb: (X) 'Where will you be your holiday'???
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No, you certainly cannot omit 'taking'. Then the sentence has no main verb: (X) 'Where will you be your holiday'???
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'be' is not always an auxiliary verb........................

+ could you say where are you going this holiday?
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'be' is not always an auxiliary verb - So what? It is in the sentence you gave.
+ could you say where are you going this holiday?-- Sure, or you could say 'How are you spending this holiday', but they do not relate to your original question, I think.
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simple!If you remove taking, then 'be' will no longer be an aux.
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No, it is nothing: the sentence grammar is incorrect.
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What's wrong with that?
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Where will you be your holiday this summer? -- This has no meaning.
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"Where will you be on your holiday this summer?" makes sense?
What about "Where will you be your holiday in this summer?"
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"Where will you be on your holiday this summer?" makes sense?-- Yes, much better.
What about "Where will you be your holiday in this summer?"-- No, but you can use 'during'.
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