This week: grammar and vocabulary questions...
Is there something you just don't understand or that seems really strange? You have a week to ask as many hard questions as you like and I will answer them as best I can!
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Hi,Tim
Could you tell me how to describe the person who always like standing under the spotlight?
I mean he always likes showing off and catching someone's eyes.
a show off a person who likes showing off!
He is such a show off, I wish he'd be quiet.
also...
poser
He's a poser, he spends lots of time on his appearance and loves people looking at him
Hello,Tim.
Excuse me maybe it isn't grammar.
But I am very weak at reading a paragraph isn't a short sentence.
And I don't understand the article clearly in particular it's on sentences.
Thank you so much!
Tim,Could you tell me which is correct?'pest off' or 'pest of'?
hmm...
neither are correct.
You are either thinking of best off, best of or piss off
best off: You are best off going home, it's late. (you should go home)
best of: This CD is great! It's the best of Bob Dylan (all Bob Dylan's best songs)
piss off: I wish you would just piss off! (go away, offensive)
Thanks,Tim.But I'm thinking about annoyment.pest means an annoying person informally,could I use it as a verb?
Hi Tim
OH Hi ellie
i think the verb you lookinf for in pestering...
am i correct Tim?
A pest is an annoying person. To pester is the verb meaning annoy with the aim of getting something.
"The child pestered his mother until she bought him an ice-cream."
I have posted yesterday...@_@
Hello!! Tim
I would like to know how to make the differences between "as", "when" and "while"
thanks a lot
They are all used as conjunctions to show that one event happens at the same time as another.
When is generally used before a past simple clause but can be used with other tenses as long as they are single actions, not continous.
I was eating when he came in.
While is used before the past continuous, or any continuous clause for that matter!
While I was eating he came in
As can be used instead of either.
He came in as I was eating.
I was eating as he came in.
They are very common words though, and do have other uses.
Hi Tim,
Long time no see!
I'm confused by the following sentences.
1)Will you have finished that by this evening?
2)Will you finish that by this evening?
Which is correct or they both are correct?
When "by the time" appears in a sentence, what tense should I use?
Thank you.
i think both are correct.....
'Will you have finished that by this evening' is the more correct sentence.
The future perfect is used to show that an action will be completed between now and a specified time in the future.
'By the time' is used with perfect tenses as it links two points in time together.
i.e.
By the time you read this I will have eaten my lunch.
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