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 #2 (permalink) Sat Sep 13, 2008 17:55 pm Can any one help me? |
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Can any one help me in this regard.
Another question:
1. The Fees have been hiked.
Can i interpret this sentence like this..... 1. They (Some one) have hiked the Fees. (Action of some one)
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2. Fees is hiked. (The state of the Fees)
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| #3 (permalink) Sat Sep 13, 2008 17:57 pm All is well - is this correct? |
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Hi Suresh
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All is well - is this correct?
Every thing is well.
When my manager asked me, how was things going on- my replay was the above one. |
"All is well" is OK. In your second example, the word "everything" should be written as one word, and the sentence itself sounds awkward. You could say this, for example:
"Everything is going well."
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2. And sometimes i see usage of said+present tense
"She said she is moving to new location". Please assume that the action"moving" is completed.
But, after -said- should not it be "was"?
Eg: She said she was moving. |
- She said she was moving. ==> The moving may or may not have happened already. Additional context would be necessary in order to know for sure.
- She said she is moving. ==> I would interpret this to mean that she has not moved yet, or that she is still currently in the process of moving.
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3. "If should you need hlep, call me immediately." is this correct? NO
I don't understand the usage of "SHOULD"
Does it mean - "if you need help".... |
You can begin your sentence this way:
"Should you need (any) help, ..."
Or this way:
"If you should need (any) help ..."
Yes, they both mean the same thing as "If you need (any) help...", but sound more formal to me.
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| #4 (permalink) Sun Sep 14, 2008 3:51 am All is well - is this correct? |
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Yankee,
Again thank you very much for your time and answer (and also for your patience).
Thanks again.
Suresh. |
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| #5 (permalink) Sun Sep 14, 2008 13:02 pm All is well - is this correct? |
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| Yankee wrote: |
"All is well" is OK. In your second example, the word "everything" should be written as one word, and the sentence itself sounds awkward. You could say this, for example:
"Everything is going well." |
Hi Amy,
I still wonder why 'all is well' is all right but 'everything is well' is awkward. As an adjective, 'well' has the meaning of 'healthy, not ill'. And thus it may sound awkward in both sentences, except that 'all is well' is a common expression ('all's well that ends well' - Shakespeare) so is it just because of that reason?
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3. "If should you need hlep, call me immediately." is this correct? NO
I don't understand the usage of "SHOULD"
Does it mean - "if you need help".... |
You can begin your sentence this way:
"Should you need (any) help, ..."
Or this way:
"If you should need (any) help ..."
Yes, they both mean the same thing as "If you need (any) help...", but sound more formal to me.
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I don't understand the use of 'should' in this sentence very well. Does it mean 'ought to'? If it does, it sounds a it weird to me... 'If you ought to need any help,...' :roll: :roll:
Many thanks,
Nessie.
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| #6 (permalink) Sun Sep 14, 2008 16:20 pm All is well - is this correct? |
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Hi Nessie
Yes, I'd say the fact that "All is well" is simply a well-known collocation is the reason it works in Suresh's context.
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| I don't understand the use of 'should' in this sentence very well. Does it mean 'ought to'? If it does, it sounds a it weird to me... 'If you ought to need any help,...' |
The word "should" has a variety of usages. In this case, it does not mean "ought to". Instead, it is used as a formal way to refer to a future possibility:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=73138&dict=CALD
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