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Discussion Groups / English Usage / November 2006Sentences...
Sentences, take a look: 1: Please step one of the red square. 2: It looks okay, you can go now. 3: What are you try doing? 4: It is not a human, it is the cybernetic organism.  SignatureWell... All comments are welcome too. > Sentences, take a look: > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Well... > All comments are welcome too. Are you trying to ask a question? If so, what is it? > Sentences, take a look: > > 1: > Please step one of the red square. Please step *on*one of the red square*s* > 2: > It looks okay, you can go now. > > 3: > What are you try doing? What are you trying to do? > 4: > It is not a human, it is the cybernetic organism. It is not a human, it is *a* cybernetic organism. or It's not a human, it's a cybernetic organism. SignatureRay UK <snip? > > 4: > > It is not a human, it is the cybernetic organism. > > It is not a human, it is *a* cybernetic organism. > or > It's not a human, it's a cybernetic organism. ... unless the cybernetic organism is a specific individual that has previously been mentioned, in which case "the" would be correct. >> Sentences, take a look: >> >> 1: >> Please step one of the red square. > > Please step *on*one of the red square*s* I must ask, is word "the" appears only before the object names and before the place names. Like that: Somewhere in the wilderness... Somewhere near the beach... Hey look! Cat is under the sofa! Let's go back in the office. (is that correct?) Please knock on the door at twice before opening. But why not this: "Crash (plane) site" SignatureWell... All comments are welcome too. The Kesti Pauli entity posted thusly: >>> Sentences, take a look: >>> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >I must ask, is word "the" appears only before the object names >and before the place names. Like that: "I must ask. Does the word "the" appear only before object names and place names?" Better: "I must ask. Does the word "the" appear only before object and place names?" Best: "I must ask. Does the word "the" appear only before nouns?" >Somewhere in the wilderness... Yes >Somewhere near the beach... Yes >Hey look! Cat is under the sofa! "The cat is under the bed." - Assuming "Cat" to be the type of animal. "Cat is under the sofa." - Assuming "Cat is the name of the cat." >Let's go back in the office. (is that correct?) This somehow has the connotation that the people are already in the office, and that they are to stay in the office while they "go back". If the speaker and listener are not already in the office, you would say: "Let's go back into the office." or "Let's go back to the office." >Please knock on the door at twice before opening. The "at" is incorrect here, and should be left out. "Please knock on the door twice before opening." is fine, but "Please knock twice before opening the door." is better >But why not this: "Crash (plane) site" "Crash site" is not a sentence. You would say: "The investigators are at the crash site." or "The crash site is on the other side of the river." > "Cat is under the sofa." - Assuming "Cat is the name of the cat." As some comic strip (Garfield? Maybe, back when it was funny...) pointed out, "What's the use of naming a cat if it doesn't come when you call it?" I now await the deluge of replies from people telling me THEIR cats come when called. My wife claims this, but I've never actually observed it happening. -=Eric Eric Schwartz filted: >> "Cat is under the sofa." - Assuming "Cat is the name of the cat." > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >come when called. My wife claims this, but I've never actually >observed it happening. Depends how you define "called"...we trained our twin Siamese to associate dinner time with a series of staccato whistles (when they were in the house) or to the sound of a bicycle horn (when they were exploring the forest)...one signal would have worked, but the sound of the horn carried farther.... Later one of the cats trained my stepfather to come when *he* called...it's fortunate for Yang that the name "Ralph" is within the range of feline vocal apparatus....r Signature"Keep your eye on the Bishop. I want to know when he makes his move", said the Inspector, obliquely. >> "Cat is under the sofa." - Assuming "Cat is the name of the cat." > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >come when called. My wife claims this, but I've never actually >observed it happening. Our cat - now deceased - always came promptly when called if called from where the acoustics in the house were good. There seems to be spot in the kitchen near the can opener where the acoustics are superb. SignatureTony Cooper Orlando, FL > >I now await the deluge of replies from people telling me THEIR cats > >come when called. My wife claims this, but I've never actually [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > spot in the kitchen near the can opener where the acoustics are > superb. My cat is deaf, but comes if he happens to be looking in the right directon when we sign "come here, I'll pet you" or "I have food for you." If he's in the mood, that is. I'm not sure there's much of a difference between hearing cats and deaf ones. SignatureSML > Sentences, take a look: > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Well... > All comments are welcome too. Something in me wants to write "5. None of the above," but there'd be no logical progression to it. W > Sentences, take a look: Take a look at these sentences. > 1: > Please step one of the red square. Please step on one of the red squares. > 2: > It looks okay, you can go now. It looks okay. You can go now. -or- It looks okay; you can go now. -or- It looks okay -- you can go now. > 3: > What are you try doing? What are you trying to do? > 4: > It is not a human, it is the cybernetic organism. It is not human. It is a cybernetic organism. -or- It is not human; it is a cybernetic organism. > -- > Well... Well? > All comments are welcome too. Comments are welcome. ---- Better luck next time. SignatureMichael West The Michael West entity posted thusly: >> Sentences, take a look: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Please step on one of the red squares. Or: "Please step out of the red square." Hard to know the intended meaning. >> Sentences, take a look: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Please step on one of the red squares. This sentence causes problems, because word "on" comes before "one". And of course, "one of the..." is a plural! Now I understand.. :-) SignatureWell... All comments are welcome too. Kesti Pauli skrev: >>> Sentences, take a look: >> Take a look at these sentences. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > comes before "one". And of course, "one of the..." > is a plural! Now I understand.. :-) What is the problem with "on"? It's a simple preposition to the noun phrase "one of the squares". "(The) squares" is plural, but "one of the squares" is singular (because of "one"). |
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