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22-May-2004, 11:01
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| | The second means you want to get into a good position to take the photo or kill. The first doesn't work for me. | 
22-May-2004, 12:44
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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!)
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23-May-2004, 17:08
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| | thanks, that really cleared things up.
For my resume is this okay?:
-troubleshooted serves and tested network cards for defects | 
24-May-2004, 10:23
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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 'troubleshoot ed' 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), troubleshoot ed (Past).
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24-May-2004, 12:55
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| | There also seems to be a rule that new verbs are regular. | 
24-May-2004, 19:52
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| | "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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| | "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' | 
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| | 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')
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| | thannnnnnnnnnnnnks. | 
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| | "I am dead." <-- why is this correct?
"I am die." <--why is this wrong?
"I am scheduled for tommorow." <-- why is this correct?
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