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Messier42 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
To have his music blasting, to blast his music
He had his music blasting at full volume.
Is there any difference between the sentence above and this one below?
He blasted his music at full volume?
Is there any difference between the sentence above and this one below?
He blasted his music at full volume?
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The first one describes a prevailing or already-existing condition or situation; the second one describes his action.
- The first one describes a prevailing or already-existing condition or situation; the second one describes his action.
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The first one describes a prevailing or already-existing condition or situation; the second one describes his action.
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You mean the first pattern, "to have something verb-ing"?
She had the engine running.
He had some sausages frying.
She had her clothes drying on the line.
She had the engine running.
He had some sausages frying.
She had her clothes drying on the line.
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I actually can't really get it. Could you explain them with some sort of surrounding situation ?
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She had the engine running -- could be said of someone sitting in a car.
He had some sausages frying. -- could be said when you visited someone and found them cooking
She had her clothes drying on the line. -- could be said of someone whose house you walked past
He had some sausages frying. -- could be said when you visited someone and found them cooking
She had her clothes drying on the line. -- could be said of someone whose house you walked past
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