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Tenacious Learner Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Which sentence has similar meaning to ...?

Hi teachers
Which sentence has similar meaning to, 'It is leaving the bus stop without stopping at it.'
a) It is leaving the bus stop with no stopping at it.
b) It is leaving the bus stop not stopping at it.

Thanks in advance.
  

Top answer

Is it the bus that is leaving? " Your sentence is odd because you can't leave a place unless you were there to begin with, and the bus was never at the stop.

— Enoon

  • Is it the bus that is leaving?
  • " Your sentence is odd because you can't leave a place unless you were there to begin with, and the bus was never at the stop.
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Is it the bus that is leaving? If so, "The bus drove past the stop (without stopping [at it])." Your sentence is odd because you can't leave a place unless you were there to begin with, and the bus was never at the stop.
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Hi ennon,
Thank you for your reply. You are right. Could 'passing' fit?
This is the conext:
The bus is arriving at the bus stop, but he’s very interested in the newspaper, therefore he can't see the bus, and it is leaving
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"Passing" is the right word, but I don't see why it is in the progressive: "and it passes the bus stop without stopping at it."
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Hi ennon,
Thank you so much for your reply and corrections.
Back to my original question, if you don't mind.
Which sentence has similar meaning to, 'It passes the bus stop without stopping at it.'
a) It passes the bus stop with no stopping at it.
b) It passes the bus stop not stopping at it.

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The first one is no good. It is barely possible, I guess, but not really.

The second is more like it, but it is very unnatural. It sounds literary or something.

They are all a bit redundant, I guess you know.
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enoonThey are all a bit redundant, I guess you know. Yes, I do
Hi ennon,
Thank you for your reply.
I just want to find a synonym that the students understand and it is also a natural one.
Is it true that verbs after the preposition 'without' always end in '-ing'?

TS
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Hi TS,

If you are looking for a synonym expression, maybe this one will do:

The bus drives right by without stopping.
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Thinking SpainI just want to find a synonym that the students understand
Oh. I should have guessed. I think you're stuck with "not". "Without" in this context always takes a verb in "-ing".
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corfu linguaThe bus drives right by without stopping.
Hi CL,
Thank you for your suggestion.

TS
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enoon "Without" in this context always takes a verb in "-ing".
Hi ennon,
Thank you very much for your reply.

TS
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