BrainKing - Fóruns de discussão (Languages)

Languages

Ask questions or just talk about different languages. Since BrainKing is an international game site supporting many languages, this board can be kind of useful.

Since we will be dealing with pronunciation of words rather than their spelling, I think it's useful to have a link to The sounds of English and the International Phonetic Alphabet.

To see translations of some frequently used phrases and sentences in other languages see Languages

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28. Dezembro 2009, 19:18:24

King Reza

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Is the following sentence OK?

I was running very fast after I had seen the huge dog.

28. Dezembro 2009, 19:42:43

rod03801

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King Reza: I personally would have said "I ran very fast after I saw the huge dog", but I imagine technically your sentence is fine.

Honestly though, I forget all those rules I learned in Junior High English with diagramming sentences. I know some were pretty strict.

28. Dezembro 2009, 20:05:43

King Reza

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rod03801: Suppose you're saying that sentence as if you're telling a personal story for someone:

"One day, as I was walking in the forest, I saw a really big dog. After some minutes it ran towards me and I started to run away. Usually, I am not a fast runner. But, I was running very fast after I had seen that huge dog. ..."

Do you think it sounds OK in this context?

And thanks for your help. I really appreciate it.

28. Dezembro 2009, 20:07:55

rod03801

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King Reza: Yes, to me, it sounds fine.

28. Dezembro 2009, 20:13:36

King Reza

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rod03801: Thank you very much.

29. Dezembro 2009, 05:16:05

fukuhara

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King Reza:
In general :
I was running very fast after seeing the dog
is enough.
But if you have already known the dog or if the dog has bad reputation for attacking someone. On that case, your original sentense makes sense to me.

29. Dezembro 2009, 07:47:39

King Reza

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fukuhara: Thank you. I appreciate it.