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Davidrock65 Posted 20 years ago
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I came across these sentences in a novel that I'm reading
a. A: I hear you're with the girl
B: Where do you hear that?
I think they should be A: I heard you're with the girl B: Where did you hear that? Am I correct? Why are they written in the present tense?
b. That is why the jobs get done. Not because we are told to do them, for most of us have spent our lives doing everything but that which we have been told to do, but because the jobs make us feel normal.
A. What's the difference between because + a clause and for + a clause ?
B. What does that modify? If that modifies the jobs, shouldn't it be those? Because jobs are plural.
a. A: I hear you're with the girl
B: Where do you hear that?
I think they should be A: I heard you're with the girl B: Where did you hear that? Am I correct? Why are they written in the present tense?
b. That is why the jobs get done. Not because we are told to do them, for most of us have spent our lives doing everything but that which we have been told to do, but because the jobs make us feel normal.
A. What's the difference between because + a clause and for + a clause ?
B. What does that modify? If that modifies the jobs, shouldn't it be those? Because jobs are plural.
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A: I hear you're with the girl Correct, I hear that all the time.
B: Where do you hear that? Where did you .... (clearly in the past)
b.
that is correct, it replaces the things/the stuff:
A: I hear you're with the girl Correct, I hear that all the time.
B: Where do you hear that? Where did you .... (clearly in the past)
b.
that is correct, it replaces the things/the stuff:
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According to you, Where do you hear that = Where did you hear that?
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Davidrock65 According to you, Where do you hear that = Where did you hear that?Of course NOT.
You can use both do/did in B, but they don't have the same meaning. Your choice.
Same about hear/heard in A.
I told you my preferences.
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A: I hear you're with a girl
A: I hear you're with that girl
not the.
A: I hear you're with that girl
not the.
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By keeping it in the present, it shows that this talk of him being with "the" girl (without the context, we can't go about correcting the "the") is current. People are still speaking about it.
When the other person says "Where do you hear that?" he keeps the same feeling - who are these people who are currently saying this thing?
When the other person says "Where do you hear that?" he keeps the same feeling - who are these people who are currently saying this thing?
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GG, thanks for answering my question.
Could u also explain question B for me?
Many thanks!!
Could u also explain question B for me?
Many thanks!!
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I agree with Marius - "that" is "doing those things we are told to do."
Using "for" like this is very similar to using "because." More like "because, you know..."
Using "for" like this is very similar to using "because." More like "because, you know..."
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Davidrock65 B. What does that modify? If that modifies the jobs, shouldn't it be those? Because jobs are plural.That modifies which. That which could be replaced with what:
... doing everything but what we have been told to do...
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