adding ed

[Tdol]

The second means you want to get into a good position to take the photo or kill. The first doesn't work for me.

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by jack

"Let me get a clear shoot of him."
"Let me get a clear shot of him."
Can you explain to me again about what is the difference in meaning between the two?

Try this,

1. Let me get a clear shot of him. :D

Question: Get a clear what of him?
Answer: A clear shot of him.

"what" replaces nouns. The phrase "a clear shot" is a noun phrase, made up of an article "a", an adjective "clear" and a noun "shot"; "shot" is a noun, a thing. It looks like the past tense verb "shot" (e.g. I shot him), but it's not a verb in sentence 1. We know this because it is modified by an article and an adjective.

2. Let me get a clear shoot of him. :(

"shoot" is a verb, a present tense verb. Sentence 2. is ungrammatical becuase, a verb cannot be modified by an article or an adjective:

a clear shoot :( (Article+Adjective+Verb) (Not OK)
a clear shot :D (Article+Adjective+Noun) (OK; big thumbs up!)

All the best,

[jack]

thanks, that really cleared things up.

For my resume is this okay?:
-troubleshooted serves and tested network cards for defects

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by jack

thanks, that really cleared things up.

For my resume is this okay?:
-troubleshooted servers and tested network cards for defects

The verb 'troubleshooted' is fine. It's derived from a compound: trouble+shoot, so 'shoot' doesn't follow its regular pattern of inflection (i.e. shoot (Present vb.), shot (Past vb.)). It takes -ed: troubleshoot (Present), troubleshooted (Past).

All the best,

[Tdol]

There also seems to be a rule that new verbs are regular.

[jack]

"At that time he is elected to be a Conservative." <--correct? why?and what does the sentence mean?
"At that time he was elected be a Conservative." <--correct? why?and what does the sentence mean?

Lets say i am doing a presentation and the teacher want us to use present tense, i would use the first one right?



"I have experienced that before." <--correct? why? what does it mean?
"I have experience that before." <--correct? why? what does it mean?
"I have undergone that before." why isn't "undergone" undergoned??
Like why doesn't this rule work with the sentence above?
Have + past participle ?





"Pual remarries a clever wife named Denyse." <--why is named correct? why isnt it name? If i use name, what would the sentence mean?
"Pual remarries a clever wife name Denyse." <--why is this incorrect? Isn't the sentence talking in present tense? why is "named" correct?

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[Tdol]

"At that time he is elected to be a Conservative." <--correct? why?and what does the sentence mean?
I'd say this is incorrect- it should be 'this time'

[Casiopea]

A sad face :( means, incorrect. A happy face :D means, correct.


1. At that time he is elected to be a Conservative. :(
==>'that' refers to the past--a location in time far from the speaker. "is" refers to the present.

2. At that time he was elected be a Conservative." :D
==> Both 'that' and 'was' refer to the past.

3. I have experienced that before. :D
==> 'have experienced', a present prefect verb form, does not express when in the past the event (experience) happened. Use the present perfect when you want to place 100% focus on the event; Use the simple past (i.e. I experienced that before), when you want to place 50% focus on when it happened and 50% focus on the event.

4. I have experience that before. :(
==> The verb 'experience' needs '-ed' because it is part of a present perfect verb: 'have -ed/-en'.

5. I have undergone that before. :D
==> The verb 'undergone' doesn't take the past marker -ed because it already has a past form: undergo (present), underwent (past), undergone (past participle). 'have undergone' is the perfect form of the verb "undergo".

6. Pual remarries a clever wife named Denyse. :D
==> The word 'named' is an adjective. "remarries" is the verb. There can only be one verb per sentence in English.

Paul (Subject)
remarries (Verb)
a clever wife (Object)
named Denyse (Object Complement; function: describes the noun 'wife')

All the best,

[jack]

thannnnnnnnnnnnnks.

[jack]

"I am dead." <-- why is this correct?
"I am die." <--why is this wrong?

"I am scheduled for tommorow." <-- why is this correct?
"I am schedule for tommorow." <--is this wrong? why?