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| khanhha | Friday 30th of December 2005 10:59:30 AM |
| have - Please help me explain. I don't understand what the verb "have" express? I have two sentences I think they express the same meaning. 1. We have lift-off. 2. We have spillage. | |
| Cliven | Saturday 31st of December 2005 04:40:19 AM |
| - [quote][i]Originally posted by khanhha[/i] 1. We have lift-off. [/quote] This is slang (colloqual). It means "this plane (or aircraft) has left the ground." [quote][i]Originally posted by khanhha[/i] 2. We have spillage. [/quote] It should be "we have [b]a[/b] spillage", and it "something has been spilt here". Another example is "we have an emergency", which means "there has been an emergency here". | |
| khanhha | Saturday 31st of December 2005 07:12:43 AM |
| - This is a strange structure I have never met before. How can I do myself such these sentences? Can you give me a method or a light? I really want to know. Thanks. | |
| Cliven | Saturday 31st of December 2005 06:49:00 PM |
| - There isn't a method. The verb "to have" can mean posession recent past tense ("I have played"). These examples are slang and are hard to make without sounding bad... [u]Examples:[/u] We have a spillage - A spillage has occurred We have (a) lift-off - A lift-off has occurred We have an emergency - An emergency has occurred You shouldn't really worry about the strange uses of "have". English has many phrasal verbs (verbs with more than one word), so taking each word literally isn't a good way of doing it. | |
| khanhha | Monday 02nd of January 2006 10:25:31 AM |
| - Thanks Cliven for your explanation. It helps me a lot. Thanks. | |
| Cliven | Tuesday 03rd of January 2006 03:20:34 AM |
| - No problem :) If you need any more help, just ask me. | |
| khanhha | Tuesday 03rd of January 2006 09:39:27 AM |
| - Dear Clive, Can you explain to me how to use "between" and "among". Is "between" used for two and "among" for more? Sometimes I have recognized that they are quite different from my thought. Please help. | |
| Cliven | Tuesday 03rd of January 2006 05:15:31 PM |
| - Among usually means something is with 2 or more other things (among = in a group of two or more) Between is different. I'll show you an example: In all of these, the asterisk- * is between two slashes- / 1: /*/ 2: / * / Between basically means something is in front of one thing and behind another. It can have other uses, such as "Between them, they succeeded" (which means "together, they succeeded") or "Choose between walking and running" (which means "choose either walking or running"). Among: Among ... = in a group of 2 or more Among them = together (in a group) Between: (in) between ... and ... = in front of (or before) something and behind (or after) another. between them = together (2 or more - small group) [i]choose[/i] between ... and ... = choose either ... or ... A slang use of between is "between you and I" (or "between me and you"), which means "only you and I know". | |
| khanhha | Wednesday 04th of January 2006 07:06:47 AM |
| - please have a look at this sentense: "The trade between/among countries plays an important part in the national economy". I chose "among" as the best choice but my friends didn't agree. Please tell me who is correct? Thanks. | |
| Cliven | Wednesday 04th of January 2006 11:38:20 PM |
| - Both are equally good in this sentence, but I'd probably choose "between". In this context, they both have a similar meaning to "with". Between, in this sentence, would mean trading between the country which you are talking about and another country/countries. Among would mean between any two countries. | |
| khanhha | Thursday 05th of January 2006 08:38:28 AM |
| - So I am wrong. But There is always something unclear in my thought. Thanks. | |
