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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Many questions about infinitive, gerund and participle.

0Infinitive:02br
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001) They are only/but/all too pleased to help you. 02br
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00 What does this sentence mean? "They are too pleased, so they won't help you." or " They are too pleased ,so they help you"?02br
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002)I am not/never too busy to come. 02br
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00 It mean "I can come or not?02br
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003)He intended 01u00to have gone 02u00 abroad last year ,but his mother suddenly fell ill.02br
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00 Why the answer is not "to go"? 02br
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004)She is so foolish as to cry over a novel. 02br
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00 i just know the struture S+ is/are + so -clause , it the above sentence right?02br
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005)You had better 01u00have seen02u00 the doctor earlier. 02br
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00 What is the meaning of this sentence and can we replace "have seen" with see?02br
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006) Student should form the good habit to consullt dictionary.02br
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00 Student should form the good habit of consulting dictionary.02br
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00 What are the meanings of these two sentence above?02br
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00Gerund:02br
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001)"Tom 's coming" or "Tom coming " is correct?02br
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00 "chickens coming" or "chickens' coming" is correct?02br
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002)The surroundings 01u00is/are02u00 beautiful?02br
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00 This surroundings 01u00is/are02u00 beautiful?02br
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00 The findings 01u00is/are02u00 useful?02br
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003)Battleing the desert is the only chance to avoid starvation. 02br
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00 Battleing the desert is the only chance avoiding starvation02br
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00 What is the difference in meaning between these two sentences?02br
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004)Trees are cut for firewood, leaving the soil against wind and rain.02br
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00 Trees are cut for firewood. Trees leave the soil against wing and rain << It is quite strange? Then what is the simples form of the sentence above?02br
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005) I hope you don't mind my looking at your newspaper.02br
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00 What is the nature of the word "looking" ? Is it a gerund used as a noun and "my" is used to modifies "looking"? 02br
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006)We don't understanf why you object to 01u00 02u00with us.02br
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00 A. his coming (answer)02br
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00 B him coming << but i think it is correct too because "We don't understande why you object to him (who is) coming with us" .Is it correct?02br
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007)They are discussing the problem of01u00 02u00to the moon.02br
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00 A. a man's flying02br
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00 B. men's flying02br
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00 What is the answer and why?02br
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008) There is no royal road to learn/learning ? and why?02br
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009)We found the baby01u00 02u00on the floor .02br
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00 A.sleep << why it is wrong? 02br
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00 B. sleeping(answer)02br
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00 C.alseep (answer)02br
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00Participle02br
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001)She had her house01u00 . 02u02br
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00 A.destroyed << why it is wrong? Isn't "have something destroyed" equal to "something was destroyed"?02br
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00 B.to be destroyed. (answer)02br
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002)The editoral01u00 02u00will appear in tomorrow's newspaper.02br
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00 A. writing.<< why it is wrong. Can't i refer "editoral" as an adjective and "writing" as a noun?02br
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00 B. being writen (answer) 02br
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003)During the battle some soilder were wound and some missing.02br
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00 What is the original/simplest form of the sentence above?02br
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00sorry for asking so many questions.02br
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00Thank a lots.0-
  

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0Hi, This is rather of lot of questions in one go! You might find you get more answers if you split your posts into shorter ones. 02br 02br 001) They are only/but/all too pleased to help you.

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0Hi, This is rather of lot of questions in one go! You might find you get more answers if you split your posts into shorter ones. Anyway, a more formal grammarian will have to help you with some of these, and I don't have time to do all of them, but my comments on some are here...02br
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001) They are only/but/all too pleased to help you. 02br
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0This surroundings 01u00is/are02u00 beautiful? 00incorrect.02br
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01font00why we can't use "This" modify surroundings?Then can i say this surrounding is beautiful?02font02br
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00Thank nano. 02br
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00Can someone help me solve my question?^^ Thank ,too.02br
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0"Surrounding01b00s02b00" is plural, so you have to use "these" & "are".02br
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00Or, as you say "this surrounding is beautiful", though I think it's more used in the plural.0-
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0When you are talking about landscapes, surroundings is always used in the plural.0-
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0i see . Thank for your help.02br
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00Can anyone reply to the other questions?0-
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01)01u00 02u00 coming is unexpectable.02br
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00A.Mary and Tom (answer)02br
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00B.Tom and Mary 's 02br
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002)01u00 02u00 coming is unexpectable.02br
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00A Tom's (answer)02br
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00B.Tom 02br
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Can anyone reply to the other questions?12blockquote
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00Infinitive:01blockquote
001) They are only/but/all too pleased to help you. 12br
10What does this sentence mean? "They are too pleased, so they won't help you." or " They are too pleased, so they
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0Gerund (1):01blockquote
001) Which one is correct "Tom's coming" or "Tom coming "? And "chickens coming" or "chickens' coming"?12blockquote
10 The choice depends on where they are used. 01blockquote
002)"The surroundings is/are beautiful?" "This surroundings is/are beautiful?"12br
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10"The findings is/are useful"?
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0 Gerund(2)01blockquote
00 5) "I hope you don't mind my looking at your newspaper." What is the nature of the word "looking" ? Is it a gerund used as a noun and "my" is used to modifies "looking"? 12blockquote
10 "My looking at" is a gerundive phrase of "I look at". 01blockquote
00 6)We don't understand why you object to [ ] with us
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001)She had her house. A. destroyed << why it is wrong? Isn't "have something destroyed" equal to "something was destroyed"? B.to be destroyed. (answer)12blockquote
10 The correct answer is A.01blockquote
002)The editor11b10i12b10al [… ] will appear in tomorrow's newspaper. A. writing.<< why i
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