Formula untuk Present Continuous Tense atau Present Progressive Tense adalah:
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Subject + (is/am/are) + (Verb1+ing) + Object + Modifier |
- Farmers in Jati Bali are growing rice crops now. (Petani-petani di Jati Bali sedang bercock tanam padi sekarang).
- Some students are conducting research on vegetative plant propagations. (Beberapa siswa sedang melakukan penelitian pada perbanyakan tanaman vegetatif).
- Transpiration is starting to increase now. (Transpirasi sedang mulai meningkat sekarang).
Penggunaan Present Continuous Tense
Penggunaan present continuous tense ada 2, yaitu:
1. Present Continuous Tense digunakan untuk menyatakan bahwa subject kalimat sedang melakukan suatu kegiatan. Pada saat dibicarakan (now), kejadian atau aktivitas tersebut sedang berlangsung.
Contoh:
- We are studying English now. (Kita sedang belajar bahasa Inggris sekarang).
- She is listening to the music now. (Dia sedang mendengarkan musik itu sekarang).
- I am discussing English with my colleagues now. (Saya sedang mendiskusikan bahasa Inggris dengan teman-teman kerja saya sekarang).
- They are playing football now. (Mereka sedang main sepakbola sekarang).
- James, the gardener, is watering plants now. (James, si tukang kebun, sedang menyirami tanaman sekarang).
2. Present continuous tense juga digunakan untuk menyatakan dua atau lebih aktivitas yang SEDANG berlangsung secara bersamaan. Aktivitas yang sedang berlangsung tersebut biasanya dihubungkan dengan conjunction while dan and.
Contoh:
- What are your two little sisters doing now? Are they studying? Yes mom, they are both studying. Ririn is studying the present continuous tense while Rini is solving math problems. (little = adik, math problems = soal-soal matematika).
- Are your parents at home? Yes, they are. My father is reading newspapers in the living room and my mom is cooking in the kitchen.
Negative Form
Bentuk negatif dari kalimat dalam Present Continuous Tense dibuat dengan menambahkan NOT di belakang be (is/am/are), seperti yang terlihat dalam formula berikut:
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Subject + (is/ am/are) + not + (Verb1+ing) + Object + Modifier |
Contoh:
- We are not studying English now. (Kita tidak sedang belajar bahasa Inggris sekarang).
- She is not listening to the music now. (Dia tidak sedang mendengarkan musik sekarang).
- I am not discussing English with my colleagues at the moment. (Saya tidak sedang mendiskusikan bahasa Inggris dengan teman-teman kerjaku sekarang).
- They are not playing football now. (Mereka tidak sedang main bola sekarang).
- James, the gardener, is not watering the plants now. (James, si tukang kebun, tidak sedang menyirami tanaman sekarang).
- I am not writing this note while my wife is not washing clothes. (Saya tidak sedang menulis catatan ini, sementara istri saya sedang mencuci pakaian).
Yes/No Questions
Yes/No Questions untuk Present Continuous Tense dibuat dengan menempatkan be (is/am/are) di depan subject, seperti tampak pada pola berikut:
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(Is/Am/Are) + Subject + (Verb1+ ing) + Object + Modifier |
Contoh:
- Are we studying English at the moment? (Apakah kita sedang belajar bahasa Inggris sekarang?).
- Is she listening to the music now? (Apakah dia sedang mendengarkan musik sekarang?).
- Am I discussing English with my colleagues now? (Apakah saya sedang mendiskusikan bahasa Inggris dengan teman-teman kerja saya sekarang?).
- Are they not playing football now? (Apakah mereka tidak sedang main bola sekarang).
- Is James, the gardener, not watering the plants now? (Apakah James, si tukang kebun, tidak sedang menyirami tanaman sekarang?).
Modifier of time (Keterangan waktu)
Keterangan waktu untuk kalimat dalam present continuous tense antara lain:
- now (sekarang)
- at the moment (sekarang).
Contoh-contoh kalimat yang lain:
- Be quite, please! She is studying at the moment. (Tolong, jangan ribut. Dia sedang sedang belajar sekarang.).
- Yeyes is watching TV now. (Yeyes sedang menonton TV).
- I am listening to some pop songs from my CD player. (Saya sedang mendengarkan beberapa lagu pop dari CD player-ku).
- Don’t eject the diskette from CPU if the diskette indicator is still on. It means that the program is still writing onto the diskette. (Jangan keluarkan disket dari CPU jika lampu indikator disket masih menyala. Itu berarti program masih sedang menulis ke dalam disket).
- The phone is ringing. Pick it up, please! (Telephon sedang berdering. Tolong angkat teleponnya!).
- I am writing this note while my wife is washing clothes. (Saya sedang menulis catatan ini, sementara istri saya sedang mencuci pakaian).
- What are you looking at? (Apa yang sedang kamu perhatikan/pandangi?).
Kenapa harus digunakan verb+ing?
Verb+ing (present participle) digunakan dalam present continuous tense, dan juga dalam tensis-tensis progressive lainnya (i.e. past continuous, perfect continuous, dst). Penggunaan verb+ing ini dimaksudkan untuk menyatakan bahwa aktivitas SEDANG dilakukan atau kejadian SEDANG berlangsung (in progress). Jika -ing form ditiadakan, makna SEDANG-nya akan menjadi hilang. Perbedaan ini tampak jelas pada kalimat-kalimat pasif berikut:
- The plants are being watered by the gardener now. (Tanaman-tanaman itu SEDANG disiram oleh tukang kebun sekarang).
- The plants are watered by the gardener everyday. (Tanaman-tanaman itu disiram oleh tukang kebun tiap hari).
- The white board is being erased by Andi. (Papan tulis SEDANG dihapus oleh Andi).
- Sometimes, the white board is erased by Andi. (Kadang-kadang papan tulis dihapus oleh Andi).
- The bad boy is being interrogated by his father. (Anak nakal itu SEDANG dinterogasi oleh bapaknya).
- The bad boy is always interrogated by his father. (Anak nakal itu selalu dinterogasi oleh bapaknya).
Sekarang, coba anda rubah kalimat-kalimat pasif di atas menjadi kalimat aktif. Remember: makna SEDANG-nya jangan sampai hilang!
Cara-cara merubah kalimat pasif menjadi kalimat aktif, dan sebaliknya, dari kalimat aktif menjadi kalimat pasif dapat dibaca di topik: Active dan Passive Voice.
Present Continuous vs Simple present tense
Untuk memahami perbedaan penggunaan simple present tense dengan present continuous tense, silakan baca topik : Simple present tense vs Present Continuous tense. Kemudian, setelah mengerjakan Practice test 6 pemahaman anda tentang perbedaan penggunaan kedua tensis ini akan menjadi lebih sempurna.
Penggunaan pola present continuous tense untuk menyatakan aktivitas future time?
Pertama-tama perhatikan keempat contoh kalimat berikut:
- We are not studying English tomorrow. (Kita tidak akan belajar bahasa Inggris besok).
- I am not leaving for Bali next month. (Saya tidak akan pergi ke Bali bulan depan).
- They are not playing for the tournament next week. (Mereka tidak akan bertanding minggu depan).
- She is coming home next Monday. (Dia akan pulang Senin depan).
Apakah keempat kalimat di atas benar? Apakah pola present continuous tense dapat digunakan untuk menyatakan kejadian atau aktivitas yang akan berlangsung di masa mendatang (future time)?
Untuk mengetahui jawabannya, silakan baca topik: Simple Future Tense.
43 comments
mj
January 30, 2010
My Questions are :
1. What is the difference between ‘at the moment’ and ‘in the moment’ ?
2. what is the difference between ‘onto’ and ‘into’ ?
thank you mister.
Swara Bhaskara
January 30, 2010
1. at the moment = now (sekarang). in the moment? I’ve never heard about it. Could you please give me examples!
2. Perbedaan ONTO dan INTO. Dua-duanya digunakan untuk mengekspresikan titik akhir (ending point) perpindahan object (termasuk orang). Perbedaannya: ending point untuk ONTO adalah di permukaan object lainnya, sedangkan ending point untuk INTO adalah di dalam object lainnya.
Contoh:
He jumped onto the table.
He went into the principal’s office.
Pada kalimat pertama, karena action melompat (jump) badan HE berpindah dari starting point dan akhirnya ended di atas meja (on the table). Sedangkan pada kalimat kedua, karena action pergi (go) badan HE berpindah dari starting pointnya dan ended di dalam kantor kepala sekolah (in the principal’s office).
Note:
- Kalau kita gunakan verb ENTER (memasuki) preposition INTO tidak diperlukan.
He entered the principal’s office.
Jadi: GO INTO = ENTER
- Jika tidak mengekspresikan perpindahan object, kita gunakan ON dan IN.
Contoh:
He was ON the table.
He was IN the principal’s office.
Untuk memahami penggunaan ONTO dan INTO, kita juga harus memahami penggunaan ON dan IN. Please click the provided links!
mj
February 2, 2010
‘The game will start ‘in the moment’.
Is that correct ?
Swara Bhaskara
February 2, 2010
Ekspresi ini menggunakan article A, bukan THE : IN A MOMENT. So, kalimatnya menjadi:
The game will start in a moment.
mj
February 18, 2010
Good Afternoon.
My Questions for today are :
1. What is the differences between ‘while’ and ‘and’?
2. When is the right time to use them?
3. When we’re using ‘while’ and ‘and’, how to makes it become negative and interrogative sentences?
Thank you, Mister^^
Swara Bhaskara
February 19, 2010
1&2. Saya asumsikan pertanyaannya adalah kapan kita gunakan conjunction “while” (= sementara, atau sedangkan) dan kapan kita gunakan conjunction “and” (= dan).
Dari segi “makna”, penggunaan conjunction (kata sambung) dalam bahasa Inggris sama dengan dalam bahasa Indonesia.
Contoh:
1. Aku DAN adikku pergi ke mall kemarin.
2. Adik kecilku sedang membaca DAN sedang menulis.
3. Amir akan membeli buku DAN pulpen besok.
4. Siska telah pergi ke Inggris DAN Prancis.
Di contoh 1, clause yang digabungkan (disambung) oleh DAN adalah “Aku pergi ke mall kemarin” dan “Adikku pergi ke mall kemarin. Yang berbeda dari kedua clause ini adalah hanya subjectnya.
Di contoh 2, clause yang digabungkan adalah “Adik kecilku sedang membaca” dan “Adik kecilku sedang menulis. Yang berbeda hanyalah predikatnya.
Di contoh 3, yang digabungkan adalah “Amir akan membeli buku besok” dan “Amir akan membeli pulpen besok. Yang berbeda hanyalah object.
Di contoh 4, yang digabungkan adalah “Siska telah pergi ke Inggris.” dan “Siska telah pergi ke Prancis”. Yang berbeda hanyalah keterangan tempat.
Apakah pas kalau kita gunakan kata sambung “sedangkan” atau “sementara” di keempat contoh di atas? Tidak bukan? Begitu juga dalam bahasa Inggris; Yang tepat digunakan adalah conjunction “and”.
1. I AND my brother went to the shopping center yesterday.
2. My little brother is reading AND writing.
3. Amir will buy a book AND a pen tomorrow.
4. Siska has gone to England AND France.
Di lain pihak, clause yang digabungkan oleh kata sambung “sedangkan atau sementara” pada umumnya memiliki subject, verb, object, keterangan yang berbeda, atau hanya verbnya saja yang sama. Selain itu, clause yang dihubungkannya umumnya memiliki hubungan yang berlawanan/tidak searah (contrast).
Contoh:
1. Indri ingin ini, sedangkan Indra ingin itu.
2. Adik kecilku sedang membaca dan menulis, sementara aku sedang main guitar.
Dalam bahasa Inggris menjadi:
1. Indri wants this WHILE Indra wants that.
2. My little brother is reading and writing WHILE I am playing the guitar.
3. Tanggapan terhadap pertanyaan ini juga dapat dibaca di comment ini.
joysastrawijaya
July 23, 2010
Hi Mr. Bhaskara nice to be a part of your site. Please correct my words and tenses if I am wrong. These are my answers about converting your passive sentences above into active sentences.
• The gardener is watering the plants now.
• The gardener waters the plants everyday.
• Andy is erasing the white board.
• Andy sometimes erases the white board.
• His father is interrogating the bad boy.
• His father always interrogates the bad boy.
Swara Bhaskara
July 23, 2010
Wow. I have nothing to say. You’re excellent. You did convert those passive voices into active ones perfectly. Congratulation! Besides, your writing is also grammatically perfect. However, there is a slight ambiguous meaning in “Please correct my words and tenses if I am wrong“. Here, you’re referring a living noun, I, to a non-living noun phrase, “my words and tenses“. Using this sentence, you’re actually asking me to correct you, not the sentences you wrote. They just don’t match, do they? To resolve this, you can use they instead of I. So, the correct one should be “Please correct my words and tenses if they are wrong“.
Nice to have you here, Joysastrawijaya.
findracadabra
August 1, 2010
Mr.Bhaskara i want to ask you question..
spend all time with her or spending all time with her, which is true?
Swara Bhaskara
August 1, 2010
The latter should be the correct one. Up to my knowledge, adverbials or noun phrases derived/created from clauses are never started by a simple form verb. They can be started by either a gerund (verb-ing) or an infinitive (to + verb1) if the clauses they are derived from are in active voices.
Spending all time with her is what I want to do right now.
To spend all time with her is what I want to do right now.
What I want to do right now is spending all time with her.
What I want to do right now is to spend all time with her.
However, if the clauses are in passive voices, the adverbials or noun phrases will start with a past participle (verb3).
Left by her alone, I suddenly feel so lonely.
moonwhite_16
August 18, 2010
“left by her alone, I suddenly feel so lonely”
wah.. kata2nya cakep tuh mister
i like the ways u make an example ^ ^
imranraif09
September 17, 2010
Nakke erokka akkutana, Tabe di’:
Di film/movie saya sering mendengar dua kalimat berikut:
1. I know it without you telling me.
2. Don’t you dare following us!
Pertanyaan saya:
1. Dalam bentuk apa struktur kalimat setelah WITHOUT tersebut? keanap tidak dalam bentuk “You tell me” knapa pake “ING” padahal didahului “YOU”
2. Dalam konteks suasana movie/film-nya saya merasa bahwa itu kalimat perintah, yaitu ancaman untuk tidak melakukan aksi. Tapi saya koq menjadi ragu kenapa strukturnya demikian. maksud saya, ingatan saya terganggu oleh struktur kalimat tanya yang menempatkan “DO/DON’T” di awal kalimat. mohon penjelasannya!
NB: Sorry blum sempat mengoreksi kesalahan kmaren. hehehehehe… Tapi jgn kuatir, ntar saya bereskan, huh!
Swara Bhaskara
September 17, 2010
Hi Imran,
1. I know it without you telling me.
Di sini, bentuk yang paling benar setelah without adalah your.
I know it without your telling me.
Cek kembali Penggunaan Gerund.
2. Don’t you dare following us!
Ya betul, ini adalah kalimat perintah yang bersifat ancaman. Walaupun pada umumnya subject kalimat tidak disebutkan, disebutkan subject-nya pun boleh.
Don’t you dare to follow us!
Don’t dare to follow us!
Don’t you smoke here!
Don’t smoke here!
Seperti kita lihat, DON’T digunakan untuk menyuruh “jangan melakukan action tertentu”. Dan kalau tidak ada verb, jangan lupa menggunakan BE.
Don’t be mad at me!
Note: mad adalah adjective.
Sebaliknya, DO digunakan untuk menyuruh “melakukan action tertentu”.
Do study your book!
Atau, simply gunakan yang lebih umum (hilangkan DO-nya)
Study your book!
Kalau tanpa verb:
Be nice please!
Be happy always!
Swara Bhaskara
October 15, 2010
Biasanya Imraf rajin menanggapi balik komen saya. Saya harap (anggap) penjelasan di atas cukup membantu. Thank you
junsusie
October 15, 2010
pak mau tanya kalau penggunaan kalimat
he jump into the pool dan he jump onto the pool mana yg benar?
Apakah penggunaan kata already di bawah ini sudah benar?
Have you already changed your clothes?
Come-on, they already waiting us.
Swara Bhaskara
October 15, 2010
1. Kedua kalimat benar. Cuman ada perbedaan makna dikit. Kalau pool-nya ada airnya, saya akan menggunakan kalimat pertama:
He jumped into the pool.
Sedangkan kalau pool-nya tidak ada airnya, saya akan menggunakan kalimat kedua:
He jumped onto the pool.
Wah tidak ada air di pool? Berarti he bunuh diri (or at least mencinderai diri sendiri) dong?
2. Kalimat :
Have you already changed your clothes?
kadang digunakan tapi tidak standard. Standard-nya, dalam kalimat tanya lebih tepat kalau digunakan yet, bukan already:
Have you changed your clothes yet?
Atau tanpa yet pun benar.
Have you changed your clothes?
Lain halnya kalau dalam kalimat positif, already akan memberi penekanan lebih terhadap makna sudah.
Yes, I have already changed my clothes.
Come on, they have already been waiting for us.
Penggunaan kedua adverb ini telah disinggung di posting Present Perfect Tense.
jafarmadina
November 18, 2010
have a safe trip (hati-hati di jalan)
mengapa kita menggunakan have…?
Swara Bhaskara
November 18, 2010
Hi Jafarmadina. Long time no see.
First of all, I would prefer to translate:
Have a safe trip.
to :
“semoga perjalanan/darmawisata anda selamat”.
This wish is probably derived from the following sentence:
I hope you HAVE a safe trip. (Aku harap kamu PUNYA perjalanan yang selamat = Aku harap kamu tidak mengalami kecelakaan dalam perjalananmu).
Other examples:
I hope you have a tight sleep.
here you can say it just by:
Have a tight sleep.
I hope you have a nice day.
or just:
Have a nice day.
alau kita terjemahkan langsung expresi ini, kalimatnya kurang lebih:
fatinnadzirah
February 10, 2011
mr.bhaskara..i want to ask u a question..He is coming at six o’clock..is this present continuous tense??what is the difference between that sentence and this sentence??He will comes at six o’clock..or he will be coming at six o’clock..which sentence is true??
igor castro
May 31, 2011
“fool” is going to try to answers ur question
1. he is coming at 6 o’clock —> yup this is present continous untuk menyatakan aktivitas future time
2. perbedaannya dgn “he will come at six o’clock” —> kalimat ini baru sekedar prediksi blm tentu dia (lk) akan datang pada pukul 6, sedangkan “he is coming at 6 o’clock”—> kegiatan ini memang sudah diniatkan utk dilakukan (artinya dia (lk) sdh pasti datang pada pukul 6.
3. he will be coming at 6 o’clock (incorrect)
Swara Bhaskara
June 2, 2011
The word “fool” doesn’t correctly describe you, Igor, at all. Your reply to the question has proved that you has wrongly depicted yourself.
sahirul alim
July 2, 2011
I’m trying to answer your questions now.
“The plants are being watered by the gardener now.”(Passive form)
>>>”The gardener is watering the plants now.”(Active form)
“The plants are watered by the gardener everyday.”(Passive form)
>>> “The gardener water the plants everyday”(Active form)
“The white board is being erased by Andi.”(Passive form)
>>> “Andi is erasing the white board.”(Active form)
“Sometimes, the white board is erased by Andi.”(Passive form)
>>> “Sometimes, Andi erases the white board”(Active form)
“The bad boy is being interrogated by his father.”(Passive form)
>>>”The bad boy’s father is interrogating the bad boy.”(Active form)
“The bad boy is always interrogated by his father.”(Passive form)
>>>”The bad boy’s father always interrogates the bad boy.”(Active form)
Pertama-tama perhatikan keempat contoh kalimat berikut:
1.We are not studying English tomorrow. (Kita tidak akan belajar bahasa Inggris besok).
2.I am not leaving for Bali next month. (Saya tidak akan pergi ke Bali bulan depan).
3.They are not playing for the tournament next week. (Mereka tidak akan bertanding minggu depan).
4.She is coming home next Monday. (Dia akan pulang Senin depan).
Keempat kalimat diatas are absolutely correct. Yup pola present continuous tense dapat di gunakan untuk menyatakan kejadian yang akan datang asal ada modifiers of time yang bersifat future (tomorrow, next month, next week, next monday, etc)
Am i right sir?
sahirul alim
July 2, 2011
a little correction.
“The plants are watered by the gardener everyday.”(Passive form)
>>> “The gardener waters the plants everyday.”(Active form)
Swara Bhaskara
July 4, 2011
Well done, Sahirul.
nezza
July 19, 2011
kalau rumus buat adjective/noun present continious gimana?
Swara Bhaskara
July 20, 2011
Sorry Nezza,
Kayaknya saya kurang bisa nangkap pertanyaannya. Tolong di formulasi kalimatnya dulu biar lebih jelas, please.
Thanks
pratiwi
July 22, 2011
mungkin maksudnya kalau (dalam present continous tense/past cont. tense) jika subjeknya di ikuti noun / adjective itu rumusnya bagaimana.
Swara Bhaskara
July 22, 2011
Yeah, I thought so, but why hasn’t Nezza responded to my question? Apparently, he hasn’t been following his own thread.
Well, the following are patterns in question.
But, pay attention to when we should use the above patterns. For example, if in Indonesian we say “Dia sedang bahagia“, in English we should say in the simple present tense, namely, “He is happy” , NOT in the present continuous tense, namely, “He is being happy“. The two sentences are slightly different in meaning as discussed in Simple Present Tense vs Present Continuous tense.
pratiwi
July 22, 2011
hahhhaa. don’t be sad mr bhas. maybe she was busy ! so she didn’t know that you’ve responded her question. anyway, i (and maybe the other too) always update your site regularly, don’t we ?? u still have us
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pratiwi
August 21, 2011
mr. bhas. bedanya present continous tense dan tobe + going +to verb 1 apaan yah ??
for example. i’m going to type all the letters this afternoon. can i use present continous tense in this case. so, i have to say. i’m typing all the letters this afternoon.
btw. have u answered my last reponse yet ?? hmmmmmpp.
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i’ll be waiting, sir.
Swara Bhaskara
August 22, 2011
Bedanya terletak pada time of the action. Bermakna Present continuous tense (pola 1) kalau the action masih SEDANG BERLANGSUNG pada saat dibicarakan, tetapi bermakna Future tense (pola 2, 3 & 4) kalau the action AKAN BERLANGSUNG in the future.
Kalau action mengetik semua surat tersebut diniatkan atau di-planning akan dilakukan sore ini, maka kalimat 3 lebih tepat dibandingkan dengan kalimat 2. Dan, karena actionnya diniatkan atau diplanning, kalimat 4 juga bisa digunakan.
Walaupun verb phrase di kalimat 4 sama dengan verb phrase di kalimat 1, kalimat 4 ini adalah dalam future tense karena modifier of time-nya adalah this afternoon = sore (yang akan datang) ini. Contoh lainnya, silakan baca Simple future tense.
Thanks
moonwhite_16
September 3, 2011
Hello sir, How are you? Hope you’re feeling well
I have a question ><
I’ve been looking for this formula
I was reading a manga and I found this phrase “I definitely won’t fall for you, but him stealing you away annoys me”
Well.. here’s the question ==> kenapa pake Him bukan He’s ( he’s stealing you) ><
thank you.
Swara Bhaskara
September 3, 2011
Because of the verb annoys, the subject for the second clause should be “his stealing you away”. The pronoun should be in its Possessive Adjective form, not him, because here the pronoun modifies the gerund phrase “stealing you away“. Therefore, the sentence should be:
I definitely won’t fall for you, but his stealing you away annoys me.
moonwhite_16
September 3, 2011
still don’t get it @_@
Swara Bhaskara
September 4, 2011
Sorry for my being only focused on the use of the possessive adjective, his, instead of the object pronoun, him, to introduce the gerund phrase. Besides a phrase, a clause can also be used as a subject, therefore, your suggestion is also correct.
And here are two possible correct sentences for the one in question.
moonwhite_16
September 5, 2011
Oh, but I think I saw a similar phrase like that, but I forget the exact phrase. If I am not mistaken, it’s like this :
1. I feel him watching me watching the girls go by.
Is that wrong? Or, should it be:
2. I feel he’s watching me watching the girls go by.
3. I feel his watching me watching the girls go by.
Sedikit confession. I find this site is really useful. Whenever I get confused about English, I come here and it’s never disappointed me. At the very first time I came at this site, I didn’t even know how to write a grammatically correct sentence. Apparently, my English is a bit improved now. Thanks to this free site and also to the owner.
Swara Bhaskara
September 7, 2011
Each of the three sentences is grammatically correct and they are similar in meaning. However, as we notice, each sentence is using a different pattern.
In sentence 1, “watching me watching the girls go by” is a gerund phrase that modifies the object “him“. This phrase is actually a reduced adjective clause “who is watching me watching the girls go by” which its relative pronoun (i.e. who) and be (i.e. is) have been ommited. If we expand this clause further, we’ll have “who is watching me who am watching the girls who go by”.
In sentence 2, the clause functions as the sentence object, while in sentence 3, the phrase functions as the sentence object.
Now, let’s get back to the sentence in your first question,
I definitely won’t fall for you, but his stealing you away annoys me.
Why is the object pronoun him incorrect here? As I said earlier, it’s because the verb annoys. The use of such a pronoun will be correct if, for instance, we replace the verb with the preposition from, as follows,
I definitely won’t fall for you but him (who is) stealing you away from me.
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alfian27
February 11, 2012
bgaimana cara /syarat pengunaan “a” dan ” the” pada kata ??
Swara Bhaskara
February 20, 2012
Please see Penggunaan Article A, An, dan The.
Denis
February 24, 2012
why
“Don’t eject the diskette from CPU”
why not ” doesn’t eject the diskette from CPU”???
tell me please??
Swara Bhaskara
February 26, 2012
Untuk memberi perintah (command) kepada seseorang untuk TIDAK melakukan sesuatu, selalu gunakan DON‘T. Dalam hal ini, don’t diterjemahkan menjadi ‘jangan‘.
Notes: doesn’t tidak pernah digunakan dalam kalimat perintah, karena subject dari kalimat perintah adalah you (lawan bicara), baik you-nya ditujukan kepada 1 orang maupun lebih.
Sedangkan, kalau perintahnya agar orang tersebut melakukan sesuatu, ‘don’t’ tidak digunakan.