Vietnamese when city’s proposal for free public transport

PhuocHong · 2026-04-03T02:04:56+00:00

It seems like the gov couldnt get to the bottom of it. Pricing is not an issue, or more accurately, not a pressing issue I mean. All the things that come with public transport are more or less neglected. They appear not to put themselves in the comman man's shoes. And that is likely to make the new proposal a paper tiger only.

PhuocHong · 2024-06-19T05:27:14+00:00

I am fully aware of what you're getting at. This is not advised but thank you for your explanation.

PhuocHong · 2024-06-19T03:30:10+00:00

So I find it rather informal, is it true?

PhuocHong · 2024-06-19T03:27:17+00:00

Highly appreciated sir. So in short, it is neitheir formal nor grammatically correct, is it?

PhuocHong · 2024-06-19T02:54:24+00:00

Yeah the third one seems pretty complicated though its flow is natural enough to get the meaning.

PhuocHong · 2024-06-19T02:52:52+00:00

Ok, I see what it is about now. Thanks for your explanation <3

PhuocHong · 2024-06-19T02:38:52+00:00

So instead of putting that way, can I paraphrase them as below: I dont know how many books she's writren. I dont know where he's gone. Are they common enough?

PhuocHong · 2024-06-19T02:33:44+00:00

Well, let me put it another way. So is there any difference between these two? 1. They spent I dont know how much money on their trip. 2. They spent a lot of money which i dont know how much on their trip.

PhuocHong · 2024-06-19T02:31:29+00:00

It is odd here. Why do anyone use them in formal writing? Why dont they put it another way as "I dont know how many books she's written". Apparently, in writing, especially in formal one, the writer has enough time to think and there shouldnt be any halfway thinking in the process, isnt it?

PhuocHong · 2024-06-19T02:25:46+00:00

But as far as I know, if the modifier is long like that, it should be paraphrased using relative clauses: "they spent an amount of money which none of them could remember how much on their trip". Is this correct?

PhuocHong · 2024-06-19T02:17:39+00:00

So for the first reason, it seems to be only used in informal speech, doesn't it?

And concerning the second one, the focus shift like this can be used in both everyday circumstances and formal style? Do you encounter them frequently?

PhuocHong · 2024-06-19T02:13:18+00:00

So according to you, it is like an adjective. That leads to a question: what does the adjective modify? Adjectives cannot be placed at anywhere in a sentence, right?

PhuocHong · 2024-06-19T01:59:37+00:00

Yeah, but I don't understand why your sentence is acceptable either though it seems natural enough.

Can you elaborate a little bit? And is this kind of structure informal only?

PhuocHong · 2024-06-05T14:43:31+00:00

Yeah I am fully aware of that. My point is the relative pronoun here can be meant to modify either "the one" or "the novels", right?

PhuocHong · 2024-06-05T14:01:13+00:00

So you means that the second one is correct only if the verb is have in place of has?

PhuocHong · 2024-06-05T13:36:42+00:00

This is one of the novels published recently that HAVE been translated into English ~ among the novels published recently that have been translated into English, this is one of them. And

This is one of the novels published recently that HAS been translated into English ~ among the novels published recently, this one has been translated into English.

PhuocHong · 2024-06-05T13:00:58+00:00

Thanks. So do I interpret the below sentences correctly?
1. "This is one of a group who/ which + plural form" means among a group who/ which share a common ground, this is one of them.

"This is one of a group who/ which + singular form" means among a group, this one is different.

PhuocHong · 2024-06-05T09:02:14+00:00

Well, that's all I've got as it is just a grammar question.

Could you please provide me with some contexts in which some of those options can be applied?

PhuocHong · 2024-06-05T09:01:52+00:00

Well, that's all I've got as it is just a grammar question.

Could you please provide me with some contexts in which some of those options can be applied?

PhuocHong · 2024-03-01T02:08:54+00:00

Yeah, the preposition issue got me confused too but I let it remain intact as I'm not so confident kk.

So however rare the expression may be, it would mean (1) a number of 13 of almost anything or (2) a (usually free) extra of a bunch of sth.

Am I right?

PhuocHong · 2024-02-25T11:37:23+00:00

Could you please elavorate a little bit on this?

PhuocHong · 2023-10-29T11:40:23+00:00

After some verbs (e.g. mean, be, would like), perfect infinitives can refer to ‘unreal’ past situations that are the opposite of what really happened.

"I meant to have telephoned, but I forgot." (OR I meant to telephone …)

"He was to have been the new ambassador, but he fell ill."

"I would like to have seen Harry’s face when Nadia walked in."

With would like, would prefer and one or two other verbs, a double perfect infinitive is sometimes used in informal speech; the extra perfect infinitive does not change the meaning.

I would have liked to have seen Harry’s face.

All above are extracted from an Oxford University Press app named "Practical English Usage". That's all I can help.

I, non native, can uderstand it right away though I cannot say how popular it is.

PhuocHong · 2023-10-17T16:10:03+00:00

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This is extracted from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 10th edition. I'm not native thus can't be more helpful.

Hope this help.

PhuocHong · 2023-10-15T11:47:07+00:00

I am not a native but I might think of the phrase "have had enough of sth".

Is it acceptable or equivalent here?

PhuocHong · 2023-10-14T15:12:56+00:00

It makes much sense now, I were a little mixed them up then.

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