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 #32 (permalink) Wed Aug 18, 2010 5:17 am telling vs. told |
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sorry.I still confuse what's the sentence mean?
(Now that would be telling but my lips are sealed.) |
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| #33 (permalink) Wed Aug 18, 2010 8:00 am telling vs. told |
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Hi,
'That would be telling' means I can't really tell you. It follows this idea: That would be telling a secret if I told you and so I can't tell you.
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| #34 (permalink) Wed Sep 08, 2010 2:39 am Told/telling |
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| Alan wrote: |
| 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. |
Hi Alan,
I think 'that' here would be the object to be told, not the subject to tell, so if you said 'would be told' is about something that has been told, then I would say 'Now that would be being told but my lips are sealed'. Hope you see my point. Thank you. |
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| #35 (permalink) Tue Oct 19, 2010 10:08 am Told/telling |
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Dear Teacher,
http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii009/esl-test.php
Referring to the test addressed as above, In the sentence 'Now that would be....but my lips are sealed', I think the word 'that' is the thing to be told but as the speaker's lips are sealed, she can not tell. So the correct word would be 'told' (passive voice), not be 'telling' (active voice).
But I seem to be wrong, could you please explain it further? Thank you so much. |
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| #36 (permalink) Tue Oct 19, 2010 11:18 am telling vs. told |
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Now that would be telling but my lips are sealed.
This means what ever the thing is , it is showing what it means, it need not to be told.
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| #37 (permalink) Tue Oct 19, 2010 19:20 pm telling vs. told |
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Hi,
'That would be telling' suggests that would require me to tell you. It is not 'told' because the 'telling' hasn't happened yet.
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| #38 (permalink) Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:51 am telling vs. told |
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Hi,
I read old examples which you are given in the old posts for difference between "say" and "tell" but still I have little confuse in these two words. So please explain me some more examples. |
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