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I want to know the difference between 'I dressed' and 'I got dressed'.
In everyday usage for most people, there is none. The difference is very subtle. 'I got dressed' is active, so puts the emphasis on the action.
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| #213 (permalink) Fri Jul 15, 2011 14:07 pm Tenses |
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Hi Dear sun teacher
sorry , my bad english and recenttly added travel. so am no contact with you. anyway thanks for your educaed.
dear teacher i want to learn Ehnglish grammar ( present past future ) pronounsion and speling.
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| #214 (permalink) Sun Aug 07, 2011 17:01 pm Tenses |
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| Nadri63 wrote: |
hi everybody
i wanna know what's diference between" i dressed" and "i got dressed" |
Most people say "I got dressed." We don't usually use "dressed" as a verb, although sometimes we do (e.g. "I dressed my baby." This means I put the clothes on my baby.).
We usually think of "dressed" as an adjective, meaning wearing clothes. "I am dressed" = "I am wearing clothes."
"got" often means "became" in English. So "I got dressed" = "I became dressed." (But most people say "I got dressed."). It's like saying:
I got tired.
I got ready.
I got upset.
He got to work.
We got out of there.
In all of these examples, it's like (Subject) [got/became] (adjective).
We would never say "He became to work", or "We became out of there." But the meaning is like "became". The situation is: I was not at work; then I arrived. Just like "I got tired" = "I became tired" = I was not tired; then I was tired.
The verb "get" is used a lot in English. |
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| #215 (permalink) Mon Aug 22, 2011 15:13 pm Tenses |
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| 'dumb' and 'stupid' are difrent the dumb Not hear the sound and can not to replay but "stupid' not understand the mining of word althought hear it |
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| #216 (permalink) Sat Sep 03, 2011 12:10 pm simple and complex sentence |
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Dear Mr. Torsten,
I have one question related with simple and complex sentence.....
''John as well as Tom,is an engineer.'' What kind of sentence is it? simple...complex or compound...?
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| #217 (permalink) Sat Sep 10, 2011 0:08 am Tenses |
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hi torsen,
hmmm....Grammer is killing me. five out of ten |
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| #218 (permalink) Tue Sep 27, 2011 16:21 pm Tenses |
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| could anybody assist me in knowing the striking differences between "dumb" and "stupid".as far as i know both are synonyms and can use interchangeably.please explain it elaborately setting clear examples.please...!!! |
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| #219 (permalink) Tue Sep 27, 2011 20:29 pm Tenses |
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You are correct, Palak. However 'dumb' also (and originally means) 'mute' (refraining from speech) and in this sense the words would not be interchangeable.
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| #220 (permalink) Sun Oct 16, 2011 13:35 pm Tenses |
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Dear Torsten!
The sentence "I expect you think I'm dumb because I don't understand that" is strongly correct.
There are different expressions with "dumb". For example, "dumb as a soup", "dumb as a rock" and other comparisons with inanimative objects. |
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| #221 (permalink) Sun Oct 16, 2011 13:52 pm Tenses |
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You are revisiting a very old argument Issa. Please read message #7 and the follow-up messages in this thread. You will see that you are not alone in pointing out that the sentence is correct.
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| #222 (permalink) Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:29 am Tenses |
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| thank you for your questions and your nice explanations. |
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| #223 (permalink) Sun May 13, 2012 11:57 am Re: Tenses |
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Hello Mr. Torsten!!!
I have a question ,i just want to clear my view about this term.Why sometimes we use 3rd form of verb with "is, am ,are, was, were"etc.Is it only because of active and passive voice or any other term related with this .How can i understand much better this term .for example-
" Press is advised to keep following points"
Here uses the helping verb "is" which is in present tense,so please explain me to clear my
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| #224 (permalink) Sun May 13, 2012 14:37 pm Tenses |
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The '3rd person form' relates to the subject: the person or thing who is carrying out the action indicated by the verb.
It has nothing to do with whether or not you are using active or passive tenses.
If the noun carrying out the action is someone/something other than 'I', 'we' or 'you' then the 3rd person form is needed (he, she, they, any noun — including 'the press')
Note that your example should have the definite article before 'press'.
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| #225 (permalink) Sun May 13, 2012 19:13 pm Tenses |
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Hi,
Let's look at your sentence:
The press is advised to keep the following points.
You need to put in the definite articles (the) as I have shown. Possibly we could make a better sentence along the same lines:
The press is advised to remember the following points.
In this sentence 'the press' is the subject and is singular
and the verb is in the present simple passive and is also singular= is + advised.
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