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Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / February 2004how do you say?
1. Fresh oil has a 6 months maturing process, at least, for gaining those features. or Fresh oil has a 6 months maturing process, at least, to gain those features. 2. Tell me when do you finish your work to go with you to the party or Tell me when do you finish your work for going with you to the party millions of thanks >1. Fresh oil has a 6 months maturing process, at least, for gaining those features. > >or Fresh oil has a 6 months maturing process, at least, to gain those features. Fresh oil needs a 6 month maturing process, at least, to gain those features. or Fresh oil requires at least 6 months maturation to gain those features. >2. Tell me when do you finish your work to go with you to the party >or Tell me when do you finish your work for going with you to the party Tell me when do you finish work? I want to go with you to the party. or Tell me when do you finish work so we can go to the party together. >From: cartera@gmx.co.uk (taquitto) >1. Fresh oil has a 6 months maturing process, at least, for gaining those >features. > >or Fresh oil has a 6 months maturing process, at least, to gain those >features. I woldn't use either one. I'd say Fresh oil requires a six month maturation process in order to gain those features. >2. Tell me when do you finish your work to go with you to the party > >or Tell me when do you finish your work for going with you to the party They are both incorrect. This is not a question, so it shouldn't be in the interrogative form. I would say: tell me when you finish your work so that I can go with you to the party....or so that I can go to the party with you. bye gfc The noun marker (article) "a" needs to agree with the word in which it describes. So, "a 6 months" does not make sense because there are more than one month. "...oil needs six months to mature..." agrees better. Also, generally speaking, numbers one through ten should be spelled out. Numbers larger than ten can be written as numbers UNLESS they are at the beginning of the sentence--all numbers beginning a sentence must be spelled out... > 1. Fresh oil has a 6 months maturing process, at least, for gaining those features. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > millions of thanks > The noun marker (article) "a" needs to agree with the word in which it > describes. So, "a 6 months" does not make sense because there are more > than > one month. Well, no, the indefinite article here is refering to the singular process, not the plural months. Hmmm. So "a" isn't the culprit? I read "a" and "6" as adjectives describing months. > > The noun marker (article) "a" needs to agree with the word in which it > > describes. So, "a 6 months" does not make sense because there are more [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Well, no, the indefinite article here is refering to the singular process, > not the plural months. Bill Bonde ( Straight invective is not satire; satire must deliberately overshoot its mark. ) - 22 Feb 2004 04:36 GMT > > The noun marker (article) "a" needs to agree with the word in which it > > describes. So, "a 6 months" does not make sense because there are more [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Well, no, the indefinite article here is refering to the singular process, > not the plural months. "Fresh oil has a 6 months maturing process, at least, for gaining those features." The indefinite article is controlling the noun phrase "6 months maturing process". The usage in that regard is correct. The sentence, however, is stilted and unnatural. It would be easy to create a sentence that is just fine, but the real question is why this one is 'weird'. And it is weird and should not be used anywhere seriously. > The indefinite article is controlling the noun phrase "6 months maturing > process". The usage in that regard is correct. The sentence, however, is > stilted and unnatural. It would be easy to create a sentence that is > just fine, but the real question is why this one is 'weird'. Yup, I absolutely agree. To start with I'd feel a lot better without the 's' on months:- > "Fresh oil has a 6 month maturing process...." 'A two week holiday', a 'five minute phone call' - what we're doing here is making these time frames into adjectivals, describing the process, holiday or phone call... DCC >From: "just al" al_hammel@hotmail.com >The noun marker (article) "a" needs to agree with the word in which it >describes. a = article six months = adjective (it should really be six month withouth the s) maturing = gerund used as a noun a refers to "maturing" not to "6 months" Same as "I need A ten minute break". Would you say that was incorrect? bye GFC I think this is what you are looking for: 1. Fresh oil needs to age six months to aquire those properties. 2. Let me know when you have finished your work and I will go with you to the party. >1. Fresh oil has a 6 months maturing process, at least, for gaining those features. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >millions of thanks |
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