DUE (elektro's vocabulary)

I thought that it was impossible, to arrest someone, if the police don't have any evidences, but your words make me realise that the situation in the UK is the same as in Russia
 
I want to explain because I wrote like that
1 that - I know this word could be missed because its existing we see from the context.
2 was - I was writing about the situation in general, not in the past, so IS
3 the - yes, it was my fault
4 don't - I am surprised. I am absolutely certain that after IT we must write just does or doesn't, not do or don't
5 realize - I suppose to realize and to feel in this context are almost equal
Last three mistakes - I accept them without any disagreement
 
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Hokay

1 fair enough - it's not totally necessary

2 you used the word thought not think - so it is still in the past

4 here we are talking about "the police" so it's "they do not"

5 probably, yes - but it would be more likely to realise a "fact" than to feel it

Does that help?
 
Sonriendo said:
Hokay

1 fair enough - it's not totally necessary

2 you used the word thought not think - so it is still in the past

4 here we are talking about "the police" so it's "they do not"

5 probably, yes - but it would be more likely to realise a "fact" than to feel it

Does that help?
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Thank you, Sarah!
Yes, that helps me very much.
Especially, to my great surprise, I didn't think about the police are they, not it:)
Btw, Am i right with 'that helps me' or I had to answer 'that helped me'?
 
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Sonriendo said:
2 you used the word thought not think - so it is still in the past
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I don't think you right here - the first sentence of the complex one is in the past but it does not make the second one (expression of the "thought") to be also in the past.

Edit: please ignore me - you were right and it was just too late to exercise my miniscule English knowledge ;-)
 
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dalex_257 said:
I don't think you right here - the first sentence of the complex one is in the past but it does not make the second one (expression of the "thought") to be also in the past.
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I am on your side, Alexey.
But we are not natives ;)
 
dalex_257 said:
I don't think you right here - the first sentence of the complex one is in the past but it does not make the second one (expression of the "thought") to be also in the past.

Edit: please ignore me - you were right and it was just too late to exercise my miniscule English knowledge ;-)
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I think it is impossible ... is also correct
 
I am often confused by object and subject
Please, explain me what's the difference between them?
 
Object - something inanimate, like a computer, building etc. "That object is big"
Subject - the talking point of a conversation or magazine column. "This subject is not interesting".
 
Unfortunately, this is one of the anomalies of the English language.
While Trencheel is correct,


Object, I could also object to some of the posts on here.
Or in a court of law, the defence could object
to the examination or questioning by the prosecution lawyer, of his client.
"I object to this line of questioning"

Subject, I will buy that car subject to a test drive, to make sure that it has no faults.
I reserve the right not to buy the car, if I find something wrong with it,
after I have driven it.

It depends on the context in which it is written or spoken.





 
I knew I had missed something... I was just saying today that english language has got to be one of the most complex... It doesn't even follow set rules :gag:
 
trencheel303 said:
I knew I had missed something... I was just saying today that english language has got to be one of the most complex... It doesn't even follow set rules :gag:
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And on that very subject,
I was talking to the guy in the local take-away recently.
He said that English is so easy to learn as it "only has 26 alphabits"
(as he put it)

And the Chinese language has around 4,000 characters to learn,
for a "good knowledge" of Chinese.

I'll stick to learning English I think :D
 
Cobra said:
Chinese language has around 4,000 characters to learn,
for a "good knowledge" of Chinese.
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Chinese characters are composed from simple ones (in a symbolic way) like the words from a letter and those simple ones are not that many ;)
 
elektro said:
I am often confused by object and subject
Please, explain me what's the difference between them?
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Or, are you talking about the object and subject as in the construction of a sentence?

If so, the subject is the person or thing doing something, and the object is having something done to it.

I take a Photo

I is the subject because I am doing the taking.

Photo is the object because it is being taken.

The object does not always have to be inanimate as in

I love you

I (subject) doing the loving

You (object) being loved
 
I could add my explanation but I dont want to subject you to it.

I could go into a discussion about the 4-4-2 football system but that is not the object of this thread.
 
dalex_257 said:
Chinese characters are composed from simple ones (in a symbolic way) like the words from a letter and those simple ones are not that many ;)
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I have no idea, I was just repeating what the Chinese guy behind the counter told me.

As long as he understands sweet and sour pork balls,
egg fried rice and crispy duck with pancakes I'm happy :D
 
I've been reading the answers several times and known nothing;(
I need of much easier examples
 
elektro said:
I've been reading the answers several times and known nothing;(
I need of much easier examples
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The SUBJECT of this thread is your request for help to improve your English

Your Camera is an OBJECT.

Or the other meaning,

I OBJECT to you swearing at me.

If this post was moderated, it would be SUBJECT to Moderator approval
(Censorship almost)

.
 
Cobra said:


The SUBJECT of this thread is your request for help to improve your English

Your Camera is an OBJECT.

Or the other meaning,

I OBJECT to you swearing at me.

If this post was moderated, it would be SUBJECT to Moderator approval
(Censorship almost)

.
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Thank you, mr. Cobra. It was clear for me:wave:
 
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