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Hi RB,
The comma is used to suggest a pause. If you say aloud,
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you will find yourself pausing briefly after 'Now'. To answer your question, I would agree that the comma is needed.
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| #18 (permalink) Thu Jul 09, 2009 8:50 am telling vs. told |
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Hi RB,
The comma is used to suggest a pause. If you say aloud,
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you will find yourself pausing briefly after 'Now'. To answer your question, I would agree that the comma is needed.
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| #19 (permalink) Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:32 am Tell and say: Now that would be telling/said but my lips are sealed. |
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Dear all,
Can you please help me with following test:
correct sentence:
Now that would be telling but my lips are sealed.
Correct answer: (c) telling
Your answer was: incorrect
your sentence:
Now that would be said but my lips are sealed.
Thanks in advance,
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| #20 (permalink) Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:40 pm telling vs. told |
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hi,
can you explain more why is telling correct ?
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| #21 (permalink) Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:45 pm telling vs. told |
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Hi Afnan,
What this means is - 'that would be me telling you' and that suggests that I could be telling you but I won't as I will keep it secret.
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| #22 (permalink) Sun Sep 20, 2009 16:04 pm telling vs. told |
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Alan wrote:
told would suggest that it has already happened.
But why does not it know in the passive? |
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| #23 (permalink) Thu Dec 03, 2009 19:58 pm telling vs. told |
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Thanks Kitos,
I got it. |
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| #24 (permalink) Tue Jan 05, 2010 22:24 pm Told/telling |
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| Telling is used here because this is assumed to be happening or ( in this case) not happening but told would suggest that it has already happened. |
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| #25 (permalink) Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:29 am telling vs. told |
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| Sir I want to know about the difference between said and told. Where it should be used and how can i know? Please help me. |
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| #26 (permalink) Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:44 am telling vs. told |
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Hi,
'Say' is often used to start/introduce speech: She says that she is on holiday/She said she was on holiday. 'Say' is simply speaking words as in: I can't hear what she is saying because I am too far away.
'Tell' is often used with words like - story/the truth/a lie and so on. When it introduces speech, it has to have an object: She told me she was on holiday. Her parents told them the story before they went to the theatre to see the play.
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| #27 (permalink) Sun Apr 18, 2010 18:37 pm hi |
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| Could you please explain to me that what does "Now that would be "Said" but my lips are sealed" mean ? |
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| #28 (permalink) Sun Apr 18, 2010 19:32 pm telling vs. told |
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As Alan already said, it means "I won't tell".
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| #29 (permalink) Sun Apr 18, 2010 20:55 pm telling vs. told |
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Would you please kindly paraphrase it to clarify the meaning. I mean to paraphrase this sentence: now that would be telling but my lips are sealed.
Does the speaker wants to say: your action or the whole situation is 'asking' me to tell you but i won't?
Is 'that' refer to the action of the other person in the conversation ?
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| #30 (permalink) Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:22 am telling vs. told |
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Hi,
This expression means that if I answered your question (that) I would have to reveal more and I'm not going to.
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