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Fri 12 Jun, 2015 12:15 am
Could you correct my sentences?
-There lived two monks in the western frontier of this province, one poor and the other rich. The rich monk said, 'Well, I have been meaning to go there by boat for many years, but failed.'
@WBYeats,
WBYeats wrote:
Could you correct my sentences?
-There lived two monks in the western frontier of this province, one poor and the other rich. The rich monk said, 'Well, I have been meaning to go there by boat for many years, but failed.'
"on" seems to be the preposition that collocates with "frontier":
https://www.google.co.kr/#newwindow=1&safe=off&q=on+the+frontier
The present perfect continuous "have been meaning to" is correct because you mention a time period, "for many years."
@FBM,
Thank you. As a native speaker of English, your answer is authoritative enough. Google is not.
@WBYeats,
Well, native speakers get it wrong sometimes, too. Never hurts to have backup.
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