might be possible?

[ostap77]

"John asked if he knew that

they had lived for three years in Paris and

have been living in Brussels for two years now"

Meant that they had lived for three years in Paris and currently have been living there. Is the sequence of tenses is important here?

 

[corum]

Your options are:

John asked if he knew that they had lived for three years in Paris and
have been living in Brussels for two years now. :tick:

had lived/lived

have been living/had been living

"If the proposition in the indirect speech is valid at the time of utterance, the backshift is optional." -- Quirk et. al

 

[ostap77]

Your options are:

John asked if he knew that they had lived for three years in Paris and
have been living in Brussels for two years now. :tick:

had lived/lived

have been living/had been living

"If the proposition in the indirect speech is valid at the time of utterance, the backshift is optional." -- Quirk et. al

I wasn't sure about that one. So according to this one the following sentences will be accurate:

"He heard yesterday, that they've been living in Hong Kong forseval months."

OR

"He didn't know that we've been going out since we met at the prom."

OR

"He knew that we're going to go there after we get this job over and done with."
( "going to" and after "..........." refers to the future.) Is it better to say" after they get this job over and done with" or "after they have got this job over and done with"/

 

[bhaisahab]

I wasn't sure about that one. So according to this one the following sentences will be accurate:

"He heard yesterday, that they've been living in Hong Kong for several months."

OR

"He didn't know that we've been going out since we met at the prom."

Those are both fine.

 

[ostap77]

Those are both fine.

How about the last one?

 

[bhaisahab]

How about the last one?

"John asked if he knew that

they had lived for three years in Paris and

have been living in Brussels for two years now" If you mean this one, I don't like it.;-)

 

[ostap77]

"John asked if he knew that

they had lived for three years in Paris and

have been living in Brussels for two years now" If you mean this one, I don't like it.;-)

"He knew that we are going to go there after we get/have got this job over and done witn."

 

[bhaisahab]

"He knew that we are going to go there after we get/have got this job over and done witn."

That is, frankly, horrible.

 

[ostap77]

That is, frankly, horrible.

Sure I won't talk like that with my boss, but when we all have an informal meeting I've heard a lot of that kind of stuff from the Americans.

 

[Barb_D]

"...after we get this job over and done with" -- you hear that a lot? Really?

We'll head over once we finish this job.
We'll head over once this job is finished.
I'm glad this is now over and done with... now we can head on over.

 

[e2e4]

"...after we get this job over and done with" -- you hear that a lot? Really?

We'll head over once we finish this job.
We'll head over once this job is finished.
I'm glad this is now over and done with... now we can head on over.

Does "to head over" mean "to take a rest"
Does "to head on over" by chance mean "to think about resting"

Thanks

 

[Barb_D]

No, if you "head over" to someplace, you go there, or more specifically, you start to go there.

I was heading over to Mark's place when...
We can head [on] over as soon as...

 

[e2e4]

Ah, I took "over" in a sense of something's finished.

In addition, I think that

to head off could be to start going (to set off/out ~ to start a journey)

I'd say

I am to head off over there

and maybe not

I am to head over there

Also

I would say

I am heading on over there.
I am heading on to your place. (I am on my way to your place)
even
I am heading on over there to your place. (the place could be at the other side of a hill or river)

Please throw more light on this.

Thank you

 

[ostap77]

Ah, I took "over" in a sense of something's finished.

In addition, I think that

to head off could be to start going (to set off/out ~ to start a journey)

I'd say

I am to head off over there

and maybe not

I am to head over there

Also

I would say

I am heading on over there.
I am heading on to your place. (I am on my way to your place)
even
I am heading on over there to your place. (the place could be at the other side of a hill or river)

Please throw more light on this.

Thank you

Of course a small group of people I work with doesn't mean "very often". When do you say "get "smth" over and done with"?

 

[e2e4]

/A learner/

Ostap77, I'm not sure you've asked me though you quoted my the second last post even.

I haven't got over and done with this

means

I haven't finished, completely and in all the details, with this

 

[ostap77]

/A learner/

Ostap77, I'm not sure you've asked me though you quoted my the second last post even.

I haven't got over and done with this

means

I didn't finish completely and in all the details with this

It refers not to your posts. It's when I said "after we get this job over and done with."