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[Muffins]

ruyu:

Muffins:

[quote=\"ruyu\"]i got many more awards especially for mother tongue got over 250 trophies

:shock: :shock: MT prodigy!!!! :celebrate:

If you see my house cluttered with the fat or tall trophies. The smaller ones are kept in a box and placed in the storeroom. Alot of big ones are aslo placed in the storeroom cos no more place to put in the condominium :roll:[/quote]That's awesome ruyu!!!

[ruyu]

Muffins:

ruyu:

[quote=\"Muffins\"]
:shock: :shock: MT prodigy!!!! :celebrate:

ty my brother worse 275 trophies cos i started when i was 4 and he started when he was 3

:shock: :faint: Family of prodigies??? :idea: :idea:[/quote]maybe? my father from RI.. now having a business. quite a good income that may leap or decrease per month

[Muffins]

Aioyh ruyu, why put RI crest for profile pic? Mind already set where to go ah???

[ruyu]

Muffins:

Aioyh ruyu, why put RI crest for profile pic? Mind already set where to go ah????

lol

[Muffins]

yeah, little lolish....

[rains]

ChiefKiasu:

Nope.

Sensing that Mrs Lim was skeptical about his words, the salesman showed Mrs Lim the list of customers who bought the product

I would say 'Mrs Lim' is redundant in the second sentence. Use 'her' instead.

I think this also can:
Sensing Mrs Lim's skepticism about his words, the salesman showed her the list of customers who bought the product.

[Herbie]

I have one grammar qn.


As Mr Tan was walking towards the lift, he heard the emergency bell ____.
1. ring
2. rings
3. rang
4. had rung

The answer is 1. Can someone explain why the answer is ring and not rang?

Tx

[tianzhu]

[quote]This is known as verbs of perception. The word to fill in the blanks is a \"bare infinitive\" means a verb in its basic form.


Verbs of perception
The verb of perception (see, watch, notice, hear, listen, feel) are followed by bare infinitive or by -ing form (present participle).

If we want to say that we heard or saw the whole action from beginning to end, we usually use bare infinitive
I saw him sign the cheque.
If we want to say that only saw or heard part of the action, we use -ing form
I saw the consultant waiting in reception.
(I saw consultant. He was waiting in reception.)

Bare infinitives Formal defintion
The bare infinitive is used as the main verb after the dummy auxiliary verb do, or most modal auxiliary verbs (such as will, can, or should). So, \"I will/do/can/etc. see it.\"[/quote]Hi Herbie

Please read above passage from ksi.

The explanation from ksi on pg 12 should help you to answer your question.

Best wishes

[Herbie]

Hi Tianzhu,


Thanks for the info.

It is correct, if we say "As Mr Tan was walking towards the lift, he heard the emergency bell ringing."

Can advise?

[ApronMama]

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