Imago said:

Pick me up some breakfast while you're there
I couldn't be arsed going all the way downstairs for one. Gots ma coffee.

Listen to Miranda.

Fauxie said:

Lordy, chile, you can't even spell 'foxxy'
half right.



The holy ghost told me to edit my post edit
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Imago said:

I actually DO go swimming on Fridays

ZombieKitten said:

And Germans.

A German: I go swimming on Fridays.

An Aussie: I, like, y'know, go, like swimming Fridays 'n shit.

Oops I forgot to add "yeah, no" at the beginning of my Aussie sentence

connorhawke said:

A German "I swim on Fridays"

An Aussie "Get fucked"

ZombieKitten said:

So true!

'Swimming' is present continuous. Believe me, I know! A verb ending in -ing in the present tense implies that it is a continuous process that has ceased to stop, i.e. 'I am writing a letter to Grandma telling her how much I love her'.

JD loves his Grandma.


I go swimming 2 or 3 times a week.

JDInteractive said:

Yes, in your sentence it is but when it's the object it's a gerund.

I like eating.

'Like' is the verb and 'eating' is the gerund (noun created from a verb)

Unless I'm totally wrong. Anyone?

connorhawke said:

Sorry, yes, in the sentence 'I go swimming' then of cause, 'swimming' is the gerund and 'go' is the verb.

connorhawke said:

I'm swedish, I should know this

Having taught English to speakers of other languages it's shocking how hard it is for me to remember all of this.

JDInteractive said:

Phew. I thought I was going to have to go back to school for English.

Although by the way I Yoda-ise things maybe I should.

Grammar to be learned it is. Yeeeeesss.

Fauxie said:

Likewise. My kids are learning what I was at their age! Shocking really.

JDInteractive said:

Are you drunk?
Sorry. Think again.
The present continuous would be "I am going swimming (or to swim) now"
You don't use the present cotinuous for actions that take place habitually

I go there on Fridays (always on Fridays)

I am going next Friday (only once)

I see you agree with Connor now Well done

PANDURITO said:

A little harsh?

PANDURITO said:

Alright, so I made a mistake. Reminds me why I avoided this place. Full of folks who are faultless.

lawd, I haven't left the house yet

But one more and I'll check when I return:

"How are You?"


Isn't this in the present continuous because it implies "doing?" as in "how are you doing?"

If not, what tense, is it?


Also, JD, I think the "swimming" would be a present continuous verb if it weren't for the "is/am/are" verb before it. So "I am going[/i] turns it into a gerund instead of a present continuous verb, right?



gotta go

And Charlotte, you're laughing at my Swedish, Dutch, Finnish comment, cause you know it's true!
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JDInteractive said:

Come on! I said sorry in the first place.

PANDURITO said:

Pandy, losing friends in the P&R threads is par for the course, but do try and understand my threads are about love , and you're unpopular enough already!
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Imago said:

You're not asking about grammar though. You're asking about terms or labels. Like other native speakers, you know the grammar, but you were never really told what the elements are called. It's superfluous information once you've got the grammar itself down, unless you're teaching, in which case it's critical.

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Fauxie said:

Bitch, stop playing a game of semantics to make your inadequacies feel less glaring

Speaking of semantics to coverup inadequacies, I wonder if I could start calling my penis a dangling participle.

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Imago said:

yes I know!!!!

I never learned english properly I don't know shit about proper grammar

Imago said:

I know I've forgotten most of it. I'm glad I have! Too many memories of slaving over Voldemort's masters while he played PS2. It drove me insane. Are you on passive forms yet? There are totally obscure passive sentence structures that will do your head in.

Fauxie said:

I took 2 English courses in college and 3 literature courses. I think it'll come back to me eventually

Of course, back then I could spell relatively well.



oh shit !

p.s. When you submit this stuff are you going to acknowledge the help you received from the prince.org community? If you do, omit any princebonics.