Username
goossun
Member Since
February 12, 2004
Total number of comments
86
Total number of votes received
110
Bio
Latest Comments
Pawshop
- July 8, 2004, 1:55pm
Sorry, it was stupid of me to spell pawNshop, pawnshop three times. Nevertheless, I still wonder, is a pawnshop TODAY a place to pawn something for money? Or it became generalized to some sort of shops.
Resume, resumé, or résumé?
- July 8, 2004, 1:45pm
that was a great remark speedwell.
Exclusive plural
- June 25, 2004, 3:05am
Jun-Dai, I too said that "he" is the subject. Noone said "seasons" is the subject. I was referring to the proposition matter you mentioned. I thought that "in" better stay where it is. You didn't answer if "to be in" could be a phrasal verb or not. I think it could; at least according to the sense show business professionals use it.
The other thing I was thinking this morning while taking shower was that the sentence could vary from "Which seasonS is he not in?" to "Which season is he not in?" according to whether the speaker knows beforehand either "he" is not only in ONE season or more.
What do you think?
Exclusive plural
- June 24, 2004, 3:43pm
Just a guess; Don't you people think that "to be in (a show)" is a phrasal verb in "Which seasons is he not in?" which is a spoken way of asking "Which season [is it that] he is not in?".
I have heard people asking for example "What day is today?" instead of saying "What day is it today?"
So I think that not only the verb should be "is" since the subject is "he" but also the place of the "in" is correct.
The
- June 23, 2004, 8:52pm
Jun-Dai you did not get the point mate.
Be-martyred
- June 22, 2004, 9:39pm
In to my surprise I found this word that we use every day: Become!
Would vs. Used To
- June 22, 2004, 12:05pm
What I've learned is: "Subject + used to + verb" indicates an activity or a state which does not occur any more. "When she was young, she used to sing at the church." means that she did it ONLY when she was young and she does not do it any longer.
"Would" is basically the past tense of "will". It is a modal verb as well. It is a bit unclear what the speaker means when we have only one sentence such as "When she was young, she would sing at the church." in my opinion. (Does “would” in there mean she did it frequently? Or what?)
As a conditional modal verb, "would" however is almost always companied with "if". (If... would...)
Learnt native speakers! HELP!
No Woman No Cry
- June 18, 2004, 6:47pm
I too always thought of it in the sense MDT mentioned below. Once I was asking a guy if he had a girlfriend and he sang: " No woman, no cry!"
However Speedwell is right, you gotta ask a native Jamaican. Just don't kill the buzz!
P.S. I just saw this today: "Big up all yardman philosophers!" See? Having a look at some Ragga lyrics will help you give up being curious on Jamanglish!
...t you
- June 18, 2004, 6:35pm
Just remembered that Q.T. in Pulp Fiction script had things like "whatch ya're gonna..." as far as I recall.
Is that a correct way of writing it?
Questions
People(s) | February 10, 2004 |
Gerund and Present Participle | February 12, 2004 |
Pronounciation of TH+S | February 16, 2004 |
Weird name | February 16, 2004 |
Any reference? | February 17, 2004 |
un/ir | February 17, 2004 |
Have/halve | February 18, 2004 |
More than a pain in the English! | February 26, 2004 |
00′s | March 3, 2004 |
- | March 25, 2004 |
S | April 14, 2004 |
Term | April 14, 2004 |
114 | April 19, 2004 |
Who’s this Joe? | April 19, 2004 |
Following the Joe | April 23, 2004 |
English schools | April 26, 2004 |
Gerontophile? | April 28, 2004 |
Semtex | April 29, 2004 |
Isn’t it odd? | May 6, 2004 |
ir | May 9, 2004 |
G-string | May 9, 2004 |
Be-martyred | May 10, 2004 |
Oral vs. Aural | May 11, 2004 |
ta-ta & ho-ho | May 15, 2004 |
Para | June 1, 2004 |
Am I L-deaf? | June 9, 2004 |
Punctuation | June 13, 2004 |
P & K | June 15, 2004 |
...t you | June 18, 2004 |
F word | June 18, 2004 |
negating | June 21, 2004 |
The | June 22, 2004 |
Pawshop | July 2, 2004 |
Lacking Smell | July 2, 2004 |
At or in | July 8, 2004 |
Y2K | July 12, 2004 |
Example | July 23, 2004 |
Looking for a word | July 29, 2004 |
OK | July 29, 2004 |
ab | August 26, 2004 |
Mixing | October 1, 2004 |
Fuff | October 1, 2004 |
V-cards | November 1, 2004 |
Bios | December 6, 2004 |
Hairy | December 11, 2004 |
Ya’ese | December 11, 2004 |
BCC | December 12, 2004 |
Films | December 26, 2004 |
all | December 31, 2004 |
Credit card | January 6, 2005 |
B4 Dickens | January 14, 2005 |
L | January 30, 2005 |
Joke | June 19, 2005 |
Dick & Bob | July 26, 2007 |
Frowing | October 12, 2007 |
Head shot | October 19, 2007 |
Y2K
Y stands for year. Do you mean K stands for "kilo"? The year 2 kilo problem?!!!