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Hi, teacher,
Basically they are the same. No worries. 8)
Let me ask you some questions first.
2. Based on your answer on my former question; if you choose 'sigular idea,' then what be-verb(is/are) will you choose to go with 'everything'?
2. If yes, shouldn't it be friends with 'are'?
Does that help? :wink:
Basically they are the same. No worries. 8)
Let me ask you some questions first.
1. Is 'everything' a singular idea or a plural concept?
2. Based on your answer on my former question; if you choose 'sigular idea,' then what be-verb(is/are) will you choose to go with 'everything'?
1. Are 'things' a plural concept?
2. If yes, shouldn't it be friends with 'are'?
Does that help? :wink:
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blacknomi said:Hi, teacher,
Basically they are the same. No worries. 8)
Let me ask you some questions first.
1. Is 'everything' a singular idea or a plural concept?
2. Based on your answer on my former question; if you choose 'sigular idea,' then what be-verb(is/are) will you choose to go with 'everything'?
1. Are 'things' a plural concept?
2. If yes, shouldn't it be friends with 'are'?
Does that help? :wink:
hi blacknomi:
i appreciate your immediate answer.
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:blacknomi said:
hi blacknomi:
i appreciate your giving me immediate answer.you mean that the two sentences are nearly the same,and under different circumstances "how is everything with you "or "how are everything with you "could be used. and the same with the sentences how are things. i did not think of that before.
but could you trouble giving me some exact examples of the four sentences.
thank you
Josh: Hey there, how are things with you?
Pete: Everything is going fine here. How about you?
Josh: Well, I just had a quarrel with my girl friend. But things are looking up now.
Pete: I'm glad that everything is OK with you now. :wink:
Pete: Everything is going fine here. How about you?
Josh: Well, I just had a quarrel with my girl friend. But things are looking up now.
Pete: I'm glad that everything is OK with you now. :wink:
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hi blacknomi:
you have helped me a lot in solving the above two questions . i am glad that i am able to show the stuffs to my students. i don't know why you have so much time efforts in answering so many questions from web friends. are you a professional stuff of this website or just a netizens like us all?
of course ,i don't mean here develop friendship with you .i just want to learn more information about such things like your nationality,the university you studied in so that i can pass your information to my students without any doubt.
after all only the native english speaker can understand the language perfectly and profoundly.
could you reveal sth to me?
thank you!
rude DING.
you have helped me a lot in solving the above two questions . i am glad that i am able to show the stuffs to my students. i don't know why you have so much time efforts in answering so many questions from web friends. are you a professional stuff of this website or just a netizens like us all?
of course ,i don't mean here develop friendship with you .i just want to learn more information about such things like your nationality,the university you studied in so that i can pass your information to my students without any doubt.
after all only the native english speaker can understand the language perfectly and profoundly.
could you reveal sth to me?
thank you!
rude DING.
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hi blacknomi:
what i said may have hurt you somehow ,but i did not mean to . from your reply ,i gues you must be a colledge teacher.and judging from your picture, you must be younger than i and look cool and pretty. i admire you that you can help so many people.
weiqun ding.
thank you very much!
what i said may have hurt you somehow ,but i did not mean to . from your reply ,i gues you must be a colledge teacher.and judging from your picture, you must be younger than i and look cool and pretty. i admire you that you can help so many people.
weiqun ding.
thank you very much!
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hi blacknomi:
that was because it was the first time i attend this kind of forum. and i did't know exactly what the symbols looking like men's faces really meant. or i may have pressed them accidentally.
by the way could you tell me the differences between I and i . I have seen some people used i at the beginning of each sentence.why do they use it that way.
and as you know ,i am a teacher. according to your own experience, in what way i could do to improve my teaching skills? and i am always feeling that i myself am not sure of many vocabularies and western customs and culture. could you suggest me some excellent website about western customs and culture?
thank you very much !
weiqun ding.
that was because it was the first time i attend this kind of forum. and i did't know exactly what the symbols looking like men's faces really meant. or i may have pressed them accidentally.
by the way could you tell me the differences between I and i . I have seen some people used i at the beginning of each sentence.why do they use it that way.
and as you know ,i am a teacher. according to your own experience, in what way i could do to improve my teaching skills? and i am always feeling that i myself am not sure of many vocabularies and western customs and culture. could you suggest me some excellent website about western customs and culture?
thank you very much !
weiqun ding.
weiqun ding,
Always capatalize 'I' when you refer to a personal pronoun.
I'm not sure if there's any psychology or philosophy behind those who use the lower case 'i'. Perhaps laziness visits him. 8)
I do recommend you this forum.
Here are the reasons,
1. It's easier to post.
2. It's user-friendly interface.
3. Native speakers here are knowledgeable and hilarious.
4. Non-native speakers are nice and cool.
5. They have great grammatical points.
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Always capatalize 'I' when you refer to a personal pronoun.
I'm not sure if there's any psychology or philosophy behind those who use the lower case 'i'. Perhaps laziness visits him. 8)
I do recommend you this forum.
Here are the reasons,
1. It's easier to post.
2. It's user-friendly interface.
3. Native speakers here are knowledgeable and hilarious.
4. Non-native speakers are nice and cool.
5. They have great grammatical points.
.
.
.
.
100. Anyway STICK TO IT
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