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Dear Mr. Yang,
I came across the following slogan on anti smoking:
I Breathe What You Breathe!
Is there a grammatical mistake?
I think the message is wrong.
Thanks,
Angela Leung
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It is correct, and very poetical too. It's a good slogan because
it catches your attention. It menas, what you breathe in and out
when you are smoking, I also breathe in and out the same dirty air.
TLY
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楊官:
你好! 本人有兩個問題請你指點我的
1) present perfect tense 和 present perfect continuous tense分別在於
甚麼呢? 應何時使用?
2) 以下那一句是正確呢?
a) If you have not any objection, I assume that .........
b) If you do not have any objection, I assume that.......
謝謝你的指點!
Birdie
P.S. 得知你早前因病入院, 希望你一定要保重身體!!!!!! 不要太過粗勞呀, 大家都很喜歡楊官你的!!
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a.
This is bad English
b. This is good English
Grammatically , I don't think there is much difference .
TLY
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Dear
Mr Yang,
I would like to ask,
(1)
"being" 一詞 是怎樣情況下使用的呢 ? 例如這句: I am sorry for
being late to our meeting,我經常碰見'being" 一詞,到底是什麼意思?
(2) 我也經常碰見 "to be" 這一詞在句子裡, 就是不明白它的意思和 用法,例如這句:we had
to cut down our price to be competitive. 句子裡的 "to be"
是何意思呢?
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1. It is not correct to say 'I am sorry for late' The 'being' is
there
to link the adjective 'sorry' and the adjective 'late' . Otherwise
it is not
grammatical .
2. The long sentence might be: to cut down our price in order (so
as) to
be or in the hope of being competitive. It shows the reason for
cutting the price.
TLY
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what
is the meaning of "down to earth"?
it means "Honest" or "true heart"?
thank
you
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True to a person - showing respect and support for a particular
person
or belief in a way that does not change in different situation
( more or less the same as ' true heart ' )
' Honest ' - always telling the truth , never cheating , not hiding
the
truth .
TLY
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