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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

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0The way this movie expresses deep sadness is awesome.02br
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00Is my sentence grammatically correct?02br
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0Yes, but the vocabulary is a little tacky. (I believe "awsome" is considered slang - although when the Pope recently visited the US and gave an address, the President shook his hand and reportedly said something like, "Thank you, your Holiness. ")0-

— Avangi

  • 0Yes, but the vocabulary is a little tacky.
  • (I believe "awsome" is considered slang - although when the Pope recently visited the US and gave an address, the President shook his hand and reportedly said something like, "Thank you, your Holiness.
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0Yes, but the vocabulary is a little tacky. (I believe "awsome" is considered slang - although when the Pope recently visited the US and gave an address, the President shook his hand and reportedly said something like, "Thank you, your Holiness. Awesome speech.")0-
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0Avangi, as a native speaker, what was your feelings when you heard it? Funny, awkward, silly etc?0-
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10what 11font11del10was12del10 were12font10 your feelings when you heard it?12blockquote
10I know this was addressed to Avangi, but I'll comment on it anyway in the meantime.02br
00It struck me as incongruous. 0
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0I debated that for a moment. Though were agrees with feelings, it contradicts with the singular what.0-
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0In those cases you need to think in terms of what the answer will be. 05002br
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01i00What were your feelings? 02i02br
01i00My feelings were ... 02i02br
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10 the singular what.12blockquote
10Hi, New202br
00I think when 01i00what 02i00and 01i00who 02i00function as subjects, a singular verb follows. 02br
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0Thank you all.02br
00Got it. 0-
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0Thanks, CJ. 02br
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00LiJ, are you saying I should use was? CJ thinks otherwise. I may not fully understand the idea of what/who as subject.0-
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0 When 01i00what02i00 and 01i00who02i00 begin a question, the verb agrees with the noun that follows it, because the noun that follows it is the subject. 02br
01i00What are those strange shapes in the sky?02i02br
01i00Who are those children? 02i02br
01i00What was his name? What
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10are you saying I should use was?12blockquote
10No. Wait for CJ, or natives. 050010id2
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