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Novrgn Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Which of the following sentences is correct??
0 "Sometimes waiting also seems to be waiting." 02 br
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00 "Sometimes waiting also seems to do waiting." 02 br
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00 "Sometimes waiting also seems to wait." 02 br
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00 ...........................please explain th reason. 0-
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00 "Sometimes waiting also seems to do waiting." 02 br
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00 "Sometimes waiting also seems to wait." 02 br
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0 I'm sorry, but none of these makes any sense. 0-
- 0 I'm sorry, but none of these makes any sense.
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12 Answers
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0 I'm sorry, but none of these makes any sense. Can you try to ask your question in a different way? 0-
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0 ya Grammar Geek...............actually i mean to say that when we wait for something for a long time and it does not happen then we feel that waiting process is also waiting for something to happen...........this thing i want to confine in a single quote. 0-
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0 Sorry, but when you wait, you ARE waiting for something to happen. You want to say that that activity of waiting takes on a life of its own? 0-
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0 ya exactly..........what would be the correct construction for that? 0-
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0 When waiting a long time, the wait itself becomes its own activity, not just the means to an end... something like that? I'm still not 100% clear on what you want this to say. My suggestion here has a dangling modifier, so it's not right yet. 0-
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0 actually sir i mean to say that when we wait for very long time for something then this waiting appears as an activity which is also waiting to be completed but never ends. 0-
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0 You please tell me the possible construction according to you and also please try to incorporate the word "seem" in your sentence. 0-
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0 Perhaps one of our other friends from the site can help you. I'm still struggling to understand how waiting can seem like waiting, when it IS waiting. 02 br
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00 If you said "My job is so much fun that work seems like play" or "When you love your job, working seems like playing," I could understand, but waiting for something to happen is simply waiting for something to happe
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00 If you said "My job is so much fun that work seems like play" or "When you love your job, working seems like playing," I could understand, but waiting for something to happen is simply waiting for something to happe
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0 Hi, 02 br
00 I would say the first is the best one, just because of the way it sounds (it repeats "waiting"), and because it uses the present continuous. I don't like the second and the third is not as good as the first. 02 br
00 It's an original and funny way to express a concept though, and so it is unlikely to be understood unless there's a good context or you explain it f
00 I would say the first is the best one, just because of the way it sounds (it repeats "waiting"), and because it uses the present continuous. I don't like the second and the third is not as good as the first. 02 br
00 It's an original and funny way to express a concept though, and so it is unlikely to be understood unless there's a good context or you explain it f
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0 Here is my idea (though I'm not sure I really understand what you're trying to convey): 02 br
01 i 00 Sometimes waiting seems to be nothing more than waiting for the wait to end. 02 i 0-
01 i 00 Sometimes waiting seems to be nothing more than waiting for the wait to end. 02 i 0-
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