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Fri 22 Apr, 2005 02:19 am
Hi.
A quickie.
Would you say that these two are both valid usage?
Please let me know if you need those issues resent.
Please let me know if you need those issues resending.
And these?
Let me know if you need those cars washing.
Let me know if you need those cars washed.
Cheers.
Quickie answer - yes, they look fine to me.
syntinen wrote:Quickie answer - yes, they look fine to me.
Thanks a lot.
Any idea what this type of construction is called?
... if you need those issues resending.
Oh, my, M56! I'm sorry, but syntinen has steered you wrong -- that is, one of your constructions is not correct!
The gerund form (the -ing form) is NEVER used in this construction.
"Please let me know if you need those issues resent" is correct.
"Please let me know if you need those issues resending" does not make sense in English.
"Let me know if you need those cars washing" is not ever correct.
"Let me know if you need those cars washed" is the correct way to say this.
Washing and resending (the gerund forms) have different usages -- I am (you are, he is) washing the car. You can also ask, When will you be resending the item?
Hope this helps!
Wy wrote:Oh, my, M56! I'm sorry, but syntinen has steered you wrong -- that is, one of your constructions is not correct!
The gerund form (the -ing form) is NEVER used in this construction.
"Please let me know if you need those issues resent" is correct.
"Please let me know if you need those issues resending" does not make sense in English.
"Let me know if you need those cars washing" is not ever correct.
"Let me know if you need those cars washed" is the correct way to say this.
Washing and resending (the gerund forms) have different usages -- I am (you are, he is) washing the car. You can also ask, When will you be resending the item?
Hope this helps!
Thanks. Can I ask if your variant of English is American English?
Re: need/want + verb + -ing
M56 wrote:Hi.
A quickie.
Would you say that these two are both valid usage?
Please let me know if you need those issues resent.
Please let me know if you need those issues resending.
And these?
Let me know if you need those cars washing.
Let me know if you need those cars washed.
Cheers.
And one more thing, don't ever say "A quickie." That's just weird.
Yes, M56, my 'variant' is American English. But what I said stands in any variety of English.
You just can't use the -ing form in the examples you gave.
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