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Hans51 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
"You can see people waiting for the bus."
"You can see people waiting for the bus."
1) You can see people wait / waiting for the bus like 'see you dancing'.
2) You can see people (who are) waiting for the bus like 'someone (who are) talking'.
Waiting for the bus is a object complement in the #1, but waiting for the bus is a reduced restrictive relative clause in the #2. Am I right? But I think that there is no meaning difference ,whichever it is.
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual and have a good day.
P.S I thought I asked the same question before, but I can't find it. That's why I am asking again.
1) You can see people wait / waiting for the bus like 'see you dancing'.
2) You can see people (who are) waiting for the bus like 'someone (who are) talking'.
Waiting for the bus is a object complement in the #1, but waiting for the bus is a reduced restrictive relative clause in the #2. Am I right? But I think that there is no meaning difference ,whichever it is.
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual and have a good day.
P.S I thought I asked the same question before, but I can't find it. That's why I am asking again.
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Hans51 But I think that there is no meaning difference I agree. Nor do I see a difference in meaning between your two examples.
- Hans51 But I think that there is no meaning difference I agree.
- Nor do I see a difference in meaning between your two examples.
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Hans51But I think that there is no meaning differenceI agree. Nor do I see a difference in meaning between your two examples.
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Thank you so much and I have another question.
You can see people wait for the bus.
You can see people waiting for the bus.
I saw him dancing.
I saw him dance.
However, there is a bit of a meaning difference between them, whether it is present participles or base form of verbs isn't there?
Thank you so much again and
You can see people wait for the bus.
You can see people waiting for the bus.
I saw him dancing.
I saw him dance.
However, there is a bit of a meaning difference between them, whether it is present participles or base form of verbs isn't there?
Thank you so much again and
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Hans51However, there is a bit of a meaning difference between them, whether it is present participles or base form of verbs isn't there?In most utterances, no, but on occasion the speaker recognizes that 'wait' refers to the completed act, while 'waiting' can refer to only part of its duration.
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Mister Micawber? In most utterances, no,Thank you so much as usual and I have been thinking about your reply and I was wondering if there is usually no meaning difference between present tense and present progressive tense? I think that in most utterances, yes, there is a meaning difference, but on occasion there is not much or not. I am sorry about ask
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Hans51I was wondering if there is usually no meaning difference between present tense and present progressive tense? I think that in most utterances, yes, there is a meaning difference, but on occasion there is not much or not.It is hard to imagine the range of circumstances, but (where both forms are appropriate grammar in the case), I think it is the opposi
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Mister Micawber Nor do I see a difference in meaning between your two examples.Thank you so much and I would like to make sure of it then.
your two examples in your reply are sentences in the #1 and the #2, right? Or two examples are sentences with wait or waiting in the first sentence?
I think you meant "your two examples in
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With 'your 2 examples', I am referring to all of your 4 sentences and 2 situations:
You can see people wait for the bus.
You can see people waiting for the bus.
I saw him dancing.
I saw him dance.
You can see people wait for the bus.
You can see people waiting for the bus.
I saw him dancing.
I saw him dance.
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