Wendy, I'm very confused as well.
If you keep your posts regarding this topic in one thread it would be much easier to understand. Please.
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#1 09-May-2004, 04:09
still confused#3
I'm confused.The below two sentences are correct or not... Can you explain to me??
"I was on your Web site, and you have some pictures and videos of you guys were partying like ******* animals"
"I was on your Web site, and you have some pictures and videos of you guys are partying like ******* animals"
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#2 09-May-2004, 12:29I'm not a teacher, so please consider any advice I give in that context.
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#3 09-May-2004, 16:50Re: still confused#3
Neither of those is correct. Both have "you guys" as the object of a preposition "of" and the subject of a verb "are/were" at the same time. I would just remove the new verbs. :wink:
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#4 09-May-2004, 23:08Wendy, why don't you try just accepting the originalsentence instead of trying to change it? It's fine in the original.
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