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at ya? What does it mean?

 
 
Reply Sat 19 Mar, 2011 03:25 am

Context:

'Coming at ya live from Fhloston..."
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dadpad
 
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Reply Sat 19 Mar, 2011 03:55 am

coming to you

ya = colloquial pronunciation of you.
oristarA
 
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Reply Sat 19 Mar, 2011 05:39 am
@dadpad,
dadpad wrote:


coming to you

ya = colloquial pronunciation of you.


Thanks.

Grammatically, "live" is the verb of you? What is the subject of the sentence?
dadpad
 
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Reply Sat 19 Mar, 2011 06:21 am
L eye ve pronounced as in alive, strive, hive, dive.
meaning without delay for editing or other post production treatment, as it happens.
The definition of live may be taken to mean as taped and can be delayed but usually within a few minutes of the actual hapening.

The context of the sentence is presumably a television reporter making a report from an outside broadcast. Possibly a news or weather report but not necessarily so. The reporter is telling viewers that the pictures are being transmitted unedited and without editing.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Sat 19 Mar, 2011 06:28 am
As DP is trying to say, "live" is not a verb here, but an adjective. It means something being shown as the event takes place, rather than filmed or video-taped for a later broadcast. The verb in that sentence is "to come," as in "Coming at ya . . .
Setanta
 
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Reply Sat 19 Mar, 2011 06:29 am
@oristarA,
We don't have that much context, but, inferentially, the subject is the broadcast which is "Coming at ya . . ."
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dadpad
 
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Reply Sat 19 Mar, 2011 06:29 am
@Setanta,
I'm not trying to say it. I am saying it.
Setanta
 
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Reply Sat 19 Mar, 2011 06:30 am
@dadpad,
No, in fact, you didn't at all address his question about live being a verb.
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