What else? What post are you talking about? What case is in point?
M mawes12 Member Joined Apr 12, 2015 Member Type Other Native Language English Home Country United States Current Location United States Sep 11, 2015 #21 What else? What post are you talking about? What case is in point? Last edited: Sep 11, 2015
MikeNewYork VIP Member Joined Nov 13, 2002 Member Type Academic Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Sep 11, 2015 #22 Many posts.
M mawes12 Member Joined Apr 12, 2015 Member Type Other Native Language English Home Country United States Current Location United States Sep 11, 2015 #23 "A lotta post."
MikeNewYork VIP Member Joined Nov 13, 2002 Member Type Academic Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Sep 12, 2015 #24 In the Midwest, when we had a thunderstorm, we would say "It will long rain over us". :lol:
M mawes12 Member Joined Apr 12, 2015 Member Type Other Native Language English Home Country United States Current Location United States Sep 12, 2015 #25 Did they say "long to rain over us"? I really never heard that adverb be used with an infinitive.
Matthew Wai VIP Member Joined Nov 29, 2013 Member Type Native Language Chinese Home Country China Current Location China Sep 12, 2015 #26 I think 'long (adverb) + to-infinitive + object' is an imperative sentence expressing a wish, but I am not a teacher. Last edited: Sep 12, 2015
I think 'long (adverb) + to-infinitive + object' is an imperative sentence expressing a wish, but I am not a teacher.
M mawes12 Member Joined Apr 12, 2015 Member Type Other Native Language English Home Country United States Current Location United States Sep 13, 2015 #27 What I was trying to say is that I never seen long as an adverb used with an infinitive but I did see long as a verb used with an infinitive.
What I was trying to say is that I never seen long as an adverb used with an infinitive but I did see long as a verb used with an infinitive.
R Rover_KE Moderator Staff member Joined Jun 20, 2010 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location England Sep 13, 2015 #28 Well, now you have seen 'long' as an adverb used with an infinitive. This thread has run its course. I'm closing it.
Well, now you have seen 'long' as an adverb used with an infinitive. This thread has run its course. I'm closing it.