English Grammar

I lie down on the floor

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11 April 2011

dans ma leçon quotidienne, j'ai reçu en exemple pour le verbe to lie : I lie down on the floor. Je suis étonnée que cette phrase ne soit pas mise au présent progressif. Ou on devrait y ajouter un "every day" par exemple. Ai je raison ? ou n'ai je toujours rien compris au présent progressif ?
Merci

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AhQ ['a: kiu]
User since 2006
Posts: 2715
14 April 2011

Don't forget, Myriam, that the verb LIE as referring to an horizontal position has a double meaning.
First one: to STAY in a horizontal position.
Second one: to ASSUME a horizontal position, in which meaning it most often goes with DOWN.

As soon as I feel tired, I lie down on the floor. (2)
What are you doing at noon? I lie on the floor. (1)
Were you lying on the floor while posting your note, Myriam? (1)
How do you manage to hide from the spook? I lie down on the floor behind my desk. (2)

Now, let's wait and see for controversial claims!
Sandy
Don't forget, Myriam, that the verb LIE as referring to an horizontal position has a double meaning. First one: to STAY in a horizontal position. Second one: to ASSUME a horizontal position, in which meaning it most often goes with DOWN. As soon as I feel tired, I lie down on the floor. (2) What are you doing at noon? I lie on the floor. (1) Were you lying on the floor while posting your note, Myriam? (1) How do you manage to hide from the spook? I lie down on the floor behind my desk. (2) Now, let's wait and see for controversial claims! Sandy
eBrain
User since 2009
Posts: 613
13 May 2011

no controversial claim ;) I just wondered what a spook is; it comes spy ? doesn't it ?
no controversial claim ;) I just wondered what a spook is; it comes spy ? doesn't it ?
AhQ ['a: kiu]
User since 2006
Posts: 2715
15 May 2011

Hello, You Sophie!

Some centuries ago a spook - or a ghost as you prefer - appeared to Hamlet. It was the face and soul of his father. That spook didn't work as a spy but rather as an enlightener.
In the same way, let's suppose a female GGuser is wondering why her marks keep for a long time at a steady rating even though she is a prominent student and very talkative on the forum. A spook is likely to appear at any time now to reveal to her that she hasn't to worry: Everyone on the forum is mad about her.

Sandy's character lies down on the floor to hide from a showing spook. That spook must be like Shakespeare's, I mean a feature born inside the character's mind, a vision in her inside. The one who can see a spook appearing has distinctive psychological feature that brings them to seeing a spook. That spook might be a spy. Of course someone who is happy-go-lucky won't ever see a spook.

Now, as English language is prompted to go bust, a ghost or a spook may be the name given to spies in the common language.

Warning! This note has been written by a GGuser whose marks are likely to be lagging behind Sophie's.
Hello, You Sophie! Some centuries ago a spook - or a ghost as you prefer - appeared to Hamlet. It was the face and soul of his father. That spook didn't work as a spy but rather as an enlightener. In the same way, let's suppose a female GGuser is wondering why her marks keep for a long time at a steady rating even though she is a prominent student and very talkative on the forum. A spook is likely to appear at any time now to reveal to her that she hasn't to worry: Everyone on the forum is mad about her. Sandy's character lies down on the floor to hide from a showing spook. That spook must be like Shakespeare's, I mean a feature born inside the character's mind, a vision in her inside. The one who can see a spook appearing has distinctive psychological feature that brings them to seeing a spook. That spook might be a spy. Of course someone who is happy-go-lucky won't ever see a spook. Now, as English language is prompted to go bust, a ghost or a spook may be the name given to spies in the common language. Warning! This note has been written by a GGuser whose marks are likely to be lagging behind Sophie's.
eBrain
User since 2009
Posts: 613
16 May 2011

welcome back on the forum, Joe, I've heard of you by my colleague who signed his posts Ugoid at a time. I must say I thought you were acting through Alumnus Alumni, but you are not an alumnus yet, and not a spook...of course ;)
welcome back on the forum, Joe, I've heard of you by my colleague who signed his posts Ugoid at a time. I must say I thought you were acting through Alumnus Alumni, but you are not an alumnus yet, and not a spook...of course ;)
AhQ ['a: kiu]
User since 2006
Posts: 2715
18 May 2011

How kind you're, Soph.
I keep a so warm memory of your colleague Ugold. If I am not mistaken she was a citizen of Freiburg. Are you too?
About being taken for an alumnus, that makes me proud the most as I never graduated as anything.
About the prominent Alumnus among so many Alumni here around, he must be cross for having been mistaken with a screwball.
Thank you for giving me a so charming wink.
Friendly yours,
Joe
How kind you're, Soph. I keep a so warm memory of your colleague Ugold. If I am not mistaken she was a citizen of Freiburg. Are you too? About being taken for an alumnus, that makes me proud the most as I never graduated as anything. About the prominent Alumnus among so many Alumni here around, he must be cross for having been mistaken with a screwball. Thank you for giving me a so charming wink. Friendly yours, Joe
eBrain
User since 2009
Posts: 613
23 May 2011

No Joe, Ugoid lives in Nantes on the Loire river , not am Mein oder Donau.
No Joe, Ugoid lives in Nantes on the Loire river , not am Mein oder Donau.
AhQ ['a: kiu]
User since 2006
Posts: 2715
24 May 2011

What a goof! I mistook Ugold for a Gwendo.
Now that you correct me, I'd say that I remember talking with Ugold. He seemed to leave the forum unwillingly.
So he is blessed to have a Sophie as colleague and Sophie is blessed to have a Ugold as a colleague. Both are blessed to live or work in Nantes. The Loire atlantique is a very nice area. I like so much the low Loire from Rouen to St-Nazaire.
Joe
What a goof! I mistook Ugold for a Gwendo. Now that you correct me, I'd say that I remember talking with Ugold. He seemed to leave the forum unwillingly. So he is blessed to have a Sophie as colleague and Sophie is blessed to have a Ugold as a colleague. Both are blessed to live or work in Nantes. The Loire atlantique is a very nice area. I like so much the low Loire from Rouen to St-Nazaire. Joe
eBrain
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Posts: 613
31 May 2011

Gwen means 'white' in the breton language (mostly spoken west of a line Saint-Brieuc - Vannes in Brittany. That's perhaps the reason why....;)
Gwen means 'white' in the breton language (mostly spoken west of a line Saint-Brieuc - Vannes in Brittany. That's perhaps the reason why....;)
eBrain
User since 2009
Posts: 613
31 May 2011

"So he is blessed to have a Sophie as colleague and Sophie is blessed to have a Ugold as a colleague." Yes Joe, and keep it secret, the link is even more merging than what you suggest :|
"So he is blessed to have a Sophie as colleague and Sophie is blessed to have a Ugold as a colleague." Yes Joe, and keep it secret, the link is even more merging than what you suggest :|

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