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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
the preset sense or the present perfect tense? / what seems or things that seem ---
I'd appreciate it if someone would answer my question concerning the 3 sentences. Thanks in advance.
A: What seems easy at first often turns out to be difficult.
B: What has seemed easy at first often turns out to be difficult.
C: Things that seem easy at first often turn out to be difficult.
Are A and B the same in meaning? I think they're much the same.
Are B and C the same in meaning? I think they're a little different.
If they are different, tell me in what point they are different.
A: What seems easy at first often turns out to be difficult.
B: What has seemed easy at first often turns out to be difficult.
C: Things that seem easy at first often turn out to be difficult.
Are A and B the same in meaning? I think they're much the same.
Are B and C the same in meaning? I think they're a little different.
If they are different, tell me in what point they are different.
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A: What seems easy at first often turns out to be difficult. B: What seemed easy at first often turns out to be difficult. C: Things that seem easy at first often turn out to be difficult .
- A: What seems easy at first often turns out to be difficult.
- B: What seemed easy at first often turns out to be difficult.
- C: Things that seem easy at first often turn out to be difficult .
- Anonymous Are A and B the same in meaning?
- I think they're much the same.
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A: What seems easy at first often turns out to be difficult.
B: What seemed easy at first often turns out to be difficult.
C: Things that seem easy at first often turn out to be difficult.
B: What seemed easy at first often turns out to be difficult.
C: Things that seem easy at first often turn out to be difficult.
AnonymousAre A and B the same in meaning? I think they're much the same.Yes.
AnonymousAre B and C the same in mean
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--Than you Mister Micawber. You changed B(What has seemed easy at first often turns out to be difficult.) to "What seemed easy at first often turns out to be difficult."
Is B (What has seemed easy at first often turns out to be difficult.) a wrong sentence?
Concerning A and C---I think in terms of grammar, "what" refers to something specific, while "things" refers to something unspecif
Is B (What has seemed easy at first often turns out to be difficult.) a wrong sentence?
Concerning A and C---I think in terms of grammar, "what" refers to something specific, while "things" refers to something unspecif
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AnonymousIs B (What has seemed easy at first often turns out to be difficult.) a wrong sentence?Yes. I find the time confusing.
AnonymousI think in terms of grammar, "what" refers to something specific, while "things" refers to something unspecific. Doesn't this difference matter much?No, that doesn't matter—and I don't t
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Thank you Mister Micawber Anonymous: Is B (What has seemed easy at first often turns out to be difficult.) a wrong sentence?
Yes. I find the time confusing.
--- I see. So should I express the time lag between the time something seems easy and the time it turns out difficult? Only by using the past tense (seemed)?
I suppose the sentence, "What seemed easy at first often turns out to
Yes. I find the time confusing.
--- I see. So should I express the time lag between the time something seems easy and the time it turns out difficult? Only by using the past tense (seemed)?
I suppose the sentence, "What seemed easy at first often turns out to
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Anonymous Is the usage of "what" in these sentences the same as that in "What I want is rest, not money"? Or is "what" in my samples the same as "whatever"?It's the latter—it's like 'whatever'.
Anonymous So should I express the time lag between the time something seems easy and the time it turns out difficult? Only by using the past te
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