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MARAstudent

hmmm...my teacher had xplain to me but i forgot it already...hehehe

masarju

Originally posted by MARAstudent at 11-2-2007 08:57 AM
i think ...it is "retired chicken'

huhuhuhu

Very clever.........

masarju

Originally posted by nurr_wilma at 28-1-2007 09:50 PM
masarju,
can u tell us, how u overcome that?

Sorry wilma,for the late reply.....
Actually,after primary school,I went to boarding school,so
everything changed.Doing everything with friends...........

dexa

aha...got some Q about the usage of " couldn't have...wouldn't have....
could have been..."  could someone here can xplain or better elaborate more about this matter..

would have

If we want to refer to the past and make a statement about things that did not happen,
we need to use had + past participle in the if clause and would have constructions in the
main clause. Note in these sentences that we can use 'd as the abbreviation for both had
in the if-clause and would in the main clause:

e.g:

If he'd taken an umbrella, he wouldn't have got wet on the way home.

If he'd taken his umbrella, he'd have stayed dry.

could have

As with would have, and should have, could have is used to talk about the past and refers to
things that people could have done in the past, but didn't attempt to do or succeed in doing:

e.g:

I could have gone to university, if I'd passed my exams.

If he'd trained harder, I'm sure he could have completed the swim.

*Note the difference between would have and could have in the following two examples.
Would have indicates certainty that he would have won if he had tried harder, could have indicates that
it is a possibility. Might have is similar in meaning to could have, although the possibility is perhaps not quite as great:

e.g:
If he'd tried a bit harder, he would have won the race.

If he'd tried a bit harder, he could have won the race.

If he'd tried a bit harder, he might have won the race.

should have / could have / wouldn't have

*Note the way in which all three of these modals are combined in these exchanges which refer
to a meeting that has just taken place:

Why did you come to the meeting? It didn't need both of us. You should have known that I would be there.
~ How could I have known you'd be there? I haven't spoken to you for a fortnight!
~ If I'd known you were intending to go, I certainly wouldn't have gone!

You will sometimes see would have written as would've,
should have as should've and could have as could've

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hope it helps -

dexa

Originally posted by MARAstudent at 11-2-2007 05:24 PM
hmmm...my teacher had xplain to me but i forgot it already...hehehe

omit 'had'
explained
about it


keep it up ! -

nuha

Originally posted by dexa at 11-2-2007 08:25 AM


nuha, -

it was translated into old chicken -



i guess that's what 'ayam pencen' means, eh -
--  old chicken ---  or what about >   'aged chicken' ?

thank you

nuha

"Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he aviod all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell."

This is redundancy. I make lots of mistakes. For instance, the lean version for "a total of 120 participants" is 120 participants.

Please guys, if you notice this, let me know kay

[ Last edited by  nuha at 11-2-2007 08:18 PM ]

mayutaka

Hi!!!

it really helps...thanks 4 the explaination n the credit....huhuhu

dexa

MARAstudent

uh...thanks dexa

miss u..huhuhu

mala0n

eh dexa,

u think u can proofread my papers/proposals before i submit them to the boss?

do u happen to know any good books on English basic grammar?

macademia

Just wanna share something.

I notice that some people tend to put and "s" in every word they utter. The reason they do this (I think) is bec they want to sound more English.

In one case, the "s" appeared in EVERY word, and that person sounded hilarious.

So, to those with bad habits like this, pls drop your "s"es please........

mala0n

Originally posted by macademia at 12-2-2007 01:29 PM
Just wanna share something.

I notice that some people tend to put and "s" in every word they utter. The reason they do this (I think) is bec they want to sound more English.

In on ...

wanna - want to
and - an
bec - because

just to avoid confusion

Pr|nCeSS^M|cKeY

thank you dexa...
one thing i want to know....

when i read a book or newspaper in english,
i always found words that i don't understand,
what should i do?
it is i look a dictionary or just read until the end?

dexa

Originally posted by mala0n at 12-2-2007 11:36 AM
eh dexa,

u think u can proofread my papers/proposals before i submit them to the boss?

do u happen to know any good books on English basic grammar?

i can help to proofread your papers as you wish - though i can't guarantee
that i am good enough to correct 'em -

you can pm me and i shall give you my addy then you can
send it to my email

at this moment i don't know any good book offhand -
i shall find out tomorrow - and will post in here -

thanks

dexa

hi mac -
thanks for a good advice -
but could you give an example of this?
(re: put an 's' in every word)

dexa

when i read a book or newspaper in english,
i always found words that i don't understand,
what should i do?
it is i look a dictionary or just read until the end?

hi mickey -
that's a very good question -

if you found a word / or words you don't understand,
read the article till the end ( underline the word/ words u don't
understand) -
you might be surprised that you actually understand what the article
is about -- and you can use common sense as what's the meaning
of the word you underlined -

you can always look it up in the dictionary and see if what your guessed
is right or not --   that way you might remember more -

hope it helps -

vazz

Originally posted by dexa at 9-2-2007 10:33 PM


  hi vazz -
  you never know - he might be in this forum cari
i think there's one guy that fit your description -
i shall see if he would like to visit this thread and who knows -
rekindle da relationship that was cut off half way once upon
a time in UM -牋he is a kelantanese, tall, dark and hensem and
very nice guy牋-牋it could be him i...

really dex??? 牋

still remember...every time i entered the dining hall (residential college), he had already been there...staring at me with a very little smile in his face.
we had chances to meet

dexa

it's a sweet memories -

i am gonna ask him to come to this thread soon -

- btw
you are doing fine with your english
keep practicing  

all the best ! -

mahluk_halus

I have a question. I hope somebody could enlightened me.

When you are in a moving vehicle and request to stop at some point,
do you say 揫b]further up