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Ljswave Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Would you pls explain the difference of nuance of two sentence?

A taxi is waiting vs A taxi is waited.

I found them by googling.
I'd like to know what they mean.
Are they right in grammer?
  

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ljswave A taxi is waiting vs A taxi is waited. There is no "A taxi is waited". It's nonsense.

— CalifJim

  • ljswave A taxi is waiting vs A taxi is waited.
  • There is no "A taxi is waited".
  • It's nonsense.
  • CJ
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ljswaveA taxi is waiting vs A taxi is waited.
There is no "A taxi is waited". It's nonsense.

CJ
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A taxi is waiting.
A taxi is waited.

There are a lot of people who write incorrectly and post their ramblings on the Internet. Google is not a model for good grammar.
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AlpheccaStarsThere are a lot of people who write incorrectly and post their ramblings on the Internet. Google is not a model for good grammar.
On the other hand —

I put "A taxi is waited" into a Google search, and this is the entirety of what I got. This thread!

Did you mean:
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CalifJim ljswaveA taxi is waiting vs A taxi is waited.There is no "A taxi is waited". It's nonsense.CJ
IF it is spoken like this "A taxi is waited for"

can it be used ?
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ljswaveA taxi is waited for
Consider this: If there are no hits in all of Google for "A taxi is waited", there are no hits for "A taxi is waited for".

So no.

CJ
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