willyhilly wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2017 7:33 pm But why the confusion about lose and loose?

Any sane person would spell them looze and loose. But universities aren't sane. That's why they can't agree on a common terminology for grammatical and verbal structures etc. How many terms for the present continuous are there?
It pisses me right off.

"Continuous and progressive aspects
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The continuous and progressive aspects (abbreviated cont and prog) are grammatical aspects that express incomplete action ("to do") or state ("to be") in progress at a specific time: they are non-habitual, imperfective aspects.

In the grammars of many languages the two terms are used interchangeably. This is the case with English: a construction such as "He is washing" may be described either as present continuous or as present progressive. However, there are certain languages for which two different aspects are distinguished. In Chinese, for example, progressive aspect denotes a current action, as in "he is getting dressed", while continuous aspect denotes a current state, as in "he is wearing fine clothes".

As with other grammatical categories, the precise semantics of the aspects vary from language to language, and from grammarian to grammarian. For example, some grammars of Turkish count the -iyor form as a present tense;[1] some as a progressive tense;[2] and some as both a continuous (nonhabitual imperfective) and a progressive (continuous non-stative) aspect.[3].

vladimir wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2017 6:31 pm

bong.kuit wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2017 4:56 pm Serious question...

Is an article in English superfluous if it changes the meaning?

Need time to think about your question again?

Christ, there must be a nest somewhere.

Why don't you bless us with your extensive knowledge of English grammar instead of mocking my question? Are you the same to your students?

Or, if Hanno is right about it being different in German, you might not even get the point as you don't speak German?!

willyhilly wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2017 4:08 pm I wonder if a Jack Ma know the difference between lose and loose. It must be the most common spelling mistake in English.

Apologies for my poor English. Or should I say a slip on the keyboard "ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo".

One could say " He acted like a right Donald Trump". Or even I guess, " He acted like a Donald Trump".
I always tell my students English is chacoout.

Username Taken wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2017 9:17 pm So what's going on? Are they opening an advanced English school at Otres, or something?

That would be good. Then the school's grammar police can go around checking the spelling on signage and menus, etc.

The very​ first thing they should do is employ an army of Vietnamese beach cleaners. The Khmer are absolutely​ crap at it.

Just spent four weeks at Otres. It's great... a totally chilled vibe... because most of the barang locals are too stoned to notice the simultaneous mud and clouds of choking dust from the endless parade giant trucks/cement mixers for the Chinese developments.

Can you say "shit hole"?

at the risk of grammatical mistakes....does anyone know if Mary beach Bungalows is still standing?
have emailed them a couple of times and their web site is down

recent photos I saw show the concrete pier in the Otres II beach has been removed, they started jack hammering it on our last day there last December

bucknaked wrote:at the risk of grammatical mistakes....does anyone know if Mary beach Bungalows is still standing?
have emailed them a couple of times and their web site is down

recent photos I saw show the concrete pier in the Otres II beach has been removed, they started jack hammering it on our last day there last December

Yes
It's still open ,as per a few days ago ,they were pretty full the day I enquired ( only 1room left )


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Good to know, thanks

cant wait to get back to Cambodia...5 degrees c here this morning [Melbourne]