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2 is the usual word order rather than 1.
3, for me, sounds the best sentence.
If you still have the dog, you might also say:
My dog doesn't bark when I come home any more.
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| #3 (permalink) Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:39 am Re: tenses |
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My dog gave up of barking on my comings home.
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Nov 21, 2011 13:43 pm Re: tenses |
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"My dog gave up of barking on my coming home" is possible, but it doesn't feel terribly natural to me. |
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| #5 (permalink) Mon Nov 21, 2011 13:54 pm tenses |
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3 could mean that my dog was barking, but when I came home it stopped.
If you still have the dog then maybe - My dog has stopped barking when I come home.
Otherwise maybe - My dog no longer barked when I came home.
Unlike BN I prefer the word in 1 than 2, the any more is too far from the bark in 1, for me. |
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| #6 (permalink) Mon Nov 21, 2011 15:22 pm tenses |
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Thank you all.
I think the word order in 1 would give one the impression that when I came home, my dog didn't bark any more.
I think 3 is ambiguous.
It could mean:
a-When I came home, my dog stopped barking.
Or
b-My dog used to bark when I came home but he stopped doing that.
I would say the meaning that immediately comes to mind is "a". |
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| #7 (permalink) Mon Nov 21, 2011 22:13 pm tenses |
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I think I've lost the will to live...
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| #8 (permalink) Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:25 am tenses |
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Thank you and my apologies Beeezseees.
I have this tendency to complicate things a bit, but I don't do it deliberately.
I am sorry.
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| #9 (permalink) Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:41 am tenses |
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It wasn't you, Navi :)
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| #10 (permalink) Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:06 am tenses |
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| Thanks Beeesneees. |
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| #11 (permalink) Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:41 am tenses |
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It wasn't any one person in particular.
Simply the fact that by the time I returned to this thread it was difficult to sort out which numbers everyone was talking about, especially with mention of numbers and letters. It was meant humorously.
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