Stevenukd Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
SOON-TO-BE
Dear Teachers,
1. You have to be exactly sure of what you're getting with this guy or anyone else you meet online.
- "getting" here means "doing", right?
2. It's good to become involved in a hobby that takes your focus off of thinking of him.
- What does "takes your focus off of thinking of him" mean here? and I think the first "of" is redundant, right?
3. He's a soon-to-be-college-student.
- This means "he soon becomes a college student", right? and is this common to say?
4. I hope everything will work out for the best for you and him.
- "will work out" here means "will develop", right?
Thanks very much to Teachers,
Stevenukd.
1. You have to be exactly sure of what you're getting with this guy or anyone else you meet online.
- "getting" here means "doing", right?
2. It's good to become involved in a hobby that takes your focus off of thinking of him.
- What does "takes your focus off of thinking of him" mean here? and I think the first "of" is redundant, right?
3. He's a soon-to-be-college-student.
- This means "he soon becomes a college student", right? and is this common to say?
4. I hope everything will work out for the best for you and him.
- "will work out" here means "will develop", right?
Thanks very much to Teachers,
Stevenukd.
Top answer
1. 'getting into' would mean doing. Getting on its own is just the straighforward meaning of to get - what is this guy like.
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1. 'getting into' would mean doing. Getting on its own is just the straighforward meaning of to get - what is this guy like. Are you getting a nice man or a clever man or an ugly man etc?
2. Stops you thinking about him all the time. Yes I agree about the 'of' being redundant.
3. yes. not really.
4. the end result will be
2. Stops you thinking about him all the time. Yes I agree about the 'of' being redundant.
3. yes. not really.
4. the end result will be
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Thank you.
I have this feeling of uneasiness about using hyphens to form a noun? Is it done often? Can you refer me to a source where I can learn how to make the nouns like that properly? Why not just write out like this?
He is a soon-to-be college student. (I think this is OK too.)
I have this feeling of uneasiness about using hyphens to form a noun? Is it done often? Can you refer me to a source where I can learn how to make the nouns like that properly? Why not just write out like this?
He is a soon-to-be college student. (I think this is OK too.)
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BelieverCan you refer me to a source where I can learn how to make the nouns like that properly?search Yahoo with:
hyphenation nouns adjectives
and you will find several pages on this
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