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Message de mohnkuchen posté le 26-11-2012 à 20:13:15 (S | E | F)
Hello to all,
sorry for not precising my question, but I have no idea of which grammatical problem I'm talking about
I already used it in the first sentence: "not precising" - which tense is that, and when do I use it?
If I write, for example, "After reading this in the paper this morning, I got fed up enough to write a letter to the editor." and "After I read this in the paper this morning, I got fed up enough to write a letter to the editor."
Do these sentences mean the same? If not, what is the difference?
I even don't know how to pose ask the question 
In my first sentence I also could write "sorry that I'm unable to precise...", but what is the difference?
I hope that you understand what I mean
Thanks a lot in advance for your advice
mohnkuchen
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Modifié par lucile83 le 26-11-2012 21:32
Message de mohnkuchen posté le 26-11-2012 à 20:13:15 (S | E | F)
Hello to all,
sorry for not precising my question, but I have no idea of which grammatical problem I'm talking about
I already used it in the first sentence: "not precising" - which tense is that, and when do I use it?
If I write, for example, "After reading this in the paper this morning, I got fed up enough to write a letter to the editor." and "After I read this in the paper this morning, I got fed up enough to write a letter to the editor."
Do these sentences mean the same? If not, what is the difference?
I even don't know how to
In my first sentence I also could write "sorry that I'm unable to precise...", but what is the difference?
I hope that you understand what I mean
Thanks a lot in advance for your advice
mohnkuchen
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Modifié par lucile83 le 26-11-2012 21:32
Réponse: What tense/-ing de mohnkuchen, postée le 26-11-2012 à 20:18:04 (S | E)
Another question.
This sentence, "It annoys me reading that they spread false information everywhere", is it grammatically correct? Which other ways are there to formulate it?
Réponse: What tense/-ing de mohnkuchen, postée le 26-11-2012 à 22:59:14 (S | E)
Dear lucile83,
I saw you recently corrected my mistakes
Would you be so kind as to explain to me my grammar problem?
Or please just give me a hint where I can look it up, if there is already a similar discussion existing somewhere?
Thank you very much.
mohnkuchen
Réponse: What tense/-ing de gerondif, postée le 26-11-2012 à 23:53:26 (S | E)
Hello,
your ing forms are gerunds:
used after a preposition: after reading this.....
used after a verb expressing a feeling: I like swimming, I hate waiting.
used as subject or object: swimming is good for you, I love swimming.
Réponse: What tense/-ing de sherry48, postée le 27-11-2012 à 01:03:15 (S | E)
Hello.
You could write "Sorry for not being precise", or "Sorry that I am unable to be precise".
Other ways to use precise include to do something with precision, or precisely.
In English, precise is not a verb.
Hope this helps.
Sherry
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