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Reply Fri 4 Jun, 2010 04:05 am

Which sentence below is grammatically correct? Any why?

1) What we've discussed here is a question existing before "Big Bang".
2) What we've discussed here is a question existed before "Big Bang".
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sullyfish6
 
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Reply Fri 4 Jun, 2010 06:02 am
Do you mean:

What we've discussed here is a question of existence before the "Big Bang".

oristarA
 
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Reply Fri 4 Jun, 2010 06:46 am
@sullyfish6,
Quote:
Do you mean:

What we've discussed here is a question of existence before the "Big Bang".


The "Big Bang" is a humorous expression of a fierce quarrel/an emotional explosion . And the question that "we" have discussed there had been there long before the horrible quarrel came to happen.


panzade
 
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Reply Fri 4 Jun, 2010 06:56 am
@oristarA,
1) What we've discussed here is a question existing before(the) "Big Bang".
2) What we've discussed here is a question(that) existed before(the) "Big Bang".
dadpad
 
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Reply Fri 4 Jun, 2010 06:57 am


2) What we've discussed here is a question THAT existed before THE "Big Bang".
oolongteasup
 
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Reply Fri 4 Jun, 2010 07:00 am
@oristarA,
Quote:
The "Big Bang" is a humorous expression of a fierce quarrel/an emotional explosion . And the question that "we" have discussed there had been there long before the horrible quarrel came to happen.


will you marry me

like yourself i promise endless amusement
oristarA
 
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Reply Fri 4 Jun, 2010 07:07 am
@panzade,

So in your view, 1) = 2) ? (after you've edited them)
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oristarA
 
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Reply Fri 4 Jun, 2010 07:08 am
@dadpad,
Thank you.
Your opinion is the same as Pan's, I suppose?
oristarA
 
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Reply Fri 4 Jun, 2010 07:09 am
@oolongteasup,
Quote:
will you marry me

like yourself i promise endless amusement


Failed to understand your humor. Would you like to give me a hint?
dadpad
 
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Reply Fri 4 Jun, 2010 07:13 am
@oristarA,
I do not like panz Number 1.
1) What we've discussed here is a question existing before(the) "Big Bang".

IF you were to press me I might accept...
1) What we've discussed here is a question existing FROM beforeTHE "Big Bang".
oristarA
 
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Reply Fri 4 Jun, 2010 07:18 am
@dadpad,
Thanks.

It sounds better to me - I feel it from my intuition.

Now Pan, would you like to comment on the new sentence - "What we've discussed here is a question existing FROM beforeTHE "Big Bang"."?

Is it better than yours? Very Happy
panzade
 
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Reply Fri 4 Jun, 2010 07:45 am
@oristarA,
Absolutely not!
In general usage one would never speak like that in the US..BUT, maybe the antipods would say it that way...I don't know.
Remember ori, the Americans and Australians are two cultures seperated by a common language.
panzade
 
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Reply Fri 4 Jun, 2010 07:50 am
@oolongteasup,
Quote:
like yourself i promise endless amusement

...and you've delivered!
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oristarA
 
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Reply Fri 4 Jun, 2010 08:33 am
@panzade,
Thank you pan.

It is a necessity not to mix up the two languages.
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sullyfish6
 
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Reply Fri 4 Jun, 2010 02:24 pm
Ori -
I have never seen the term "Big Bang" used like you are using it.

Perhaps you meant:
big to-do
big fiasco
big blowup
big debaucle
big issue


oristarA
 
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Reply Fri 4 Jun, 2010 03:45 pm
@sullyfish6,
Thank you Sul.

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dadpad
 
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Reply Fri 4 Jun, 2010 08:37 pm
@oristarA,
oristarA wrote:

Quote:
will you marry me

like yourself i promise endless amusement


Failed to understand your humor.

I also failed to understand the humour, which probably means there was none.
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dadpad
 
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Reply Sat 5 Jun, 2010 12:54 am
@panzade,
panzade wrote:

Absolutely not!
In general usage one would never speak like that in the US..BUT, maybe the antipods would say it that way...I don't know.
Remember ori, the Americans and Australians are two cultures seperated by a common language.

One should also remember that both of us would have a good understanding of the sentence whichever way it was used. We may think the structure somewhat odd and not to our liking however the meaning is clear.
I feel sure there would be regional language differences with Madarin in China and its prefectures.
panzade
 
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Reply Sat 5 Jun, 2010 05:35 am
@dadpad,
Absolutely dead on dad
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basenpat
 
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Reply Thu 26 Aug, 2010 07:39 am
@oristarA,
existing= present participle(adj)
existed = past participle(adj)

* use the past participle because there's "before" in the sentence
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