http://www.linglish.net Where English meets Linguistics Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:19:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.linglish.net/images/logo.png http://www.linglish.net 144 166 Where English meets Linguistics http://www.linglish.net/2009/05/12/im-loving-it/ http://www.linglish.net/2009/05/12/im-loving-it/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 16:58:04 +0000 Thomas Tsoi http://www.linglish.net/?p=559 When we learn English verbs, we usually spend a lot of time remembering when to use a certain tense A, and then when to use another tense B. However, few of us pay attention to when we should not use a tense A or a tense B. When we see “I’m loving you,” or “I [...]]]> http://www.linglish.net/2009/05/12/im-loving-it/feed/ 4 http://www.linglish.net/2008/12/23/whats-in-a-verb/ http://www.linglish.net/2008/12/23/whats-in-a-verb/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:50:47 +0000 Thomas Tsoi http://www.linglish.net/?p=285 In Tense and Tensibility, we discussed the need and implication of having tense. In essence, tense gives us information on when an event or action takes place. However, the meaning of what we commonly call ‘tense’ in English is actually quite fluid.  A ‘tense’, or a tense form, oftens gives much more information than merely the temporal location of an [...]]]> http://www.linglish.net/2008/12/23/whats-in-a-verb/feed/ 1 http://www.linglish.net/2008/11/15/babylon-is-fallen/ http://www.linglish.net/2008/11/15/babylon-is-fallen/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:17:45 +0000 Thomas Tsoi http://www.linglish.net/?p=125 ♪♩♫ Joy to the world  The Lord is come… ♫♩♪ Wait, wait. The Lord is come? Isn’t there something wrong? First, we know that come cannot be in the passive voice here, as come is an intransitive verb, it does not have an object, which basically means it cannot have a passive form. On the other hand, if it [...]]]> http://www.linglish.net/2008/11/15/babylon-is-fallen/feed/ 4