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I'm missing you Vid2
I’m missing you.
Or,
I miss you.
'Miss' is a stative verb, so it usually doesn't take the progressive (-ing) form. If we do use such verbs in the progressive, it creates a special meaning, usually temporary or intentional. In this case, “I’m missing you” seems temporary: maybe we are apart for a short period during which I find myself missing you.
The sentence structure makes one think of McDonald’s jingle: “I’m loving it.”
That there sounds intentional.
Perhaps time to have a break and say hello to M.
Thank you for watching.
Have a great day.
Or,
I miss you.
'Miss' is a stative verb, so it usually doesn't take the progressive (-ing) form. If we do use such verbs in the progressive, it creates a special meaning, usually temporary or intentional. In this case, “I’m missing you” seems temporary: maybe we are apart for a short period during which I find myself missing you.
The sentence structure makes one think of McDonald’s jingle: “I’m loving it.”
That there sounds intentional.
Perhaps time to have a break and say hello to M.
Thank you for watching.
Have a great day.
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That deletion 3 Vid
Просмотров 32 часа назад
That-deletion 3 In the book A Survey of Modern English in the section of Catenation, the following sentences (a) to (d) appear. Does it mean to say that only (b) allows that omission? (a) I established that he came. (b) I thought (that) he came. (c) I reminded him that he should come. (d) I recommend that he come. Probably, omission is allowed with all these examples, though it is most likely t...
Red Lie White Lie Vid
Просмотров 614 часов назад
Red Lie White Lie The making of this video was prompted by an essay called “Masshiro na uso” ( 真っ白な噓 ) or “Little White Lies” written by the Japanese writer Murakami Haruki (村上春樹). In his essay, Murakami tells us that in the Japanese language, they say “red lie” - “makka na uso” (真っ赤な噓), which means a blatant lie. In his essay, Murakami fibs about the etymology of this expression, joking that t...
Wooden Heart Vid
Просмотров 20День назад
Wooden Heart Two lines taken from Elvis Presley’s hit song “Wooden Heart” There's no strings upon this love of mine It was always you from the start In the second line, why is it ‘was’ and not the present perfect ‘has been’? In general, Brits use the perfect more than the Americans, so it may be significant that Elvis did not! Without the time phrase - from the start, it seems odd to say ? It w...
That deletion 2 Vid
Просмотров 3День назад
Link to 'That' deletion first video: ruclips.net/video/HEUQ_OM4whg/видео.html ‘That’ deletion 2 What about these verbs: ‘claim’, ‘urge’, and ‘argue’? Again, they can all occur with that-clauses but with varying frequency: 'claim' can take either 'to' or 'that' 'argue' can take 'with [NP]' or 'that [clause]' 'urge' normally takes '[NP] to' but can take 'that' with a subjunctive clause, for examp...
Brook and River Vid
Просмотров 1114 дней назад
Brook and River On page 45 of Hermann Hesse’s book Siddhartha, a Bantam paperback translated by Hilda Rosner and published in 1982, the story goes like this. “At night he saw the stars in the heavens and the sickle-shaped moon floating like a boat in the blue. He saw trees, stars, animals, clouds, rainbows, rocks, weeds, flowers, brook and river, the sparkle of dew on bushes in the morning, dis...
That deletion Vid
Просмотров 1314 дней назад
‘That’ deletion Are there any rules for ‘that’ omission? The general rule is that the more formal the situation, the more likely 'that' is to be retained. Another principle is that 'that' is more likely to be retained when it facilitates language processing. There is some discussion of this in John Haiman's article 'Schizophrenic complementizers' in "Studies in typology and diachrony" edited by...
Welcome or Welcomed Vid
Просмотров 821 день назад
Welcome or Welcomed Parents are welcome to attend our Open Day. Or, Parents are welcomed to attend our Open Day. “Welcome” is preferred. "Are welcomed" is understood as a passive construction. The passive implies that there will be somebody around to do the welcoming. Since in the example above, it is not known if the parents will attend or not, so it seems odd to have "are welcomed". Further e...
Two mays and although Vid
Просмотров 7Месяц назад
Sunset at Nagasaki Airport, Japan Two 'may's and 'although' Is the following sentence grammatical? Although we may take a taxi to the hotel,we may not arrive sooner than by streetcar. Yes, the sentence is grammatical but it is a bit difficult to process because of the two 'may's which can be interpreted differently. The sentence consists oftwo clauses: the concessive clause introduced by 'altho...
Please Vid
Просмотров 6Месяц назад
Please View from Mount Seymour, British Columbia, Canada. Nice! Please take me there. What part of speech is ‘please’ in this sentence? If pressed for an answer, perhaps it could be considered as an interjection, as its distribution is similar: Take a look at this, please. Take a look at this, yuck! But there is one difference in that 'please' does not require a pause: Oh, could you take a look...
Mountain or Hill Vid
Просмотров 12Месяц назад
Mountain or Hill Grouse Mountain ad captured a few years ago at the Skytrain’s Waterfront Station in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Grouse Mountain, with an elevation of about 1200 m, is one of the mountains called the North Shore Mountains situated in the District Municipality of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Mount Seymour, rising to roughly 1450 m, is also a part o...
The Road Not Taken Vid
Просмотров 5Месяц назад
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the ...
A good place to be Vid
Просмотров 7Месяц назад
(a) That is a very good place to be in. (b) That is a very good place to be at. (c) That is a very good place to be. Are (a), (b), and (c) all grammatical? If yes, is there a difference in meaning between them? All three are fine but "at" has a special abstract meaning, relating to the idiom "This is where we're at", that is, "that is a good situation to be in". View from Burnaby Mountain, Brit...
For or With Vid
Просмотров 11Месяц назад
For or With Should it be “for” or “with”? FOR things like flus and colds, it is important to get enough rest. WITH things like flus and colds, it is important to get enough rest. Or, are both fine? Chinese speakers tend to over-use "For..." with sentence topics, but both are possible here; "with" suggests you already have the virus, but "for" is appropriate whether you have it or are just tryin...
Thomas Hardy's Cottage and Indirect Speech Vid
Просмотров 133 месяца назад
Thomas Hardy's Cottage and Indirect Speech Vid
Great video!
❤Thanks for the visit
Thanks for the visit
Nice background! The nature ones are good too
Thank you! Cheers!
Love the longer video format!