maltsang
2 dez 2017

  • Inglês (EUA)

"It's not opening" means that you are in the motion of trying to open something, like a door. "It won't open" is similar to the first phase, but it's kind of used after several attempts of trying to open the door. "It's not going to open" is close to the second phase, but it's kind of used when you are skeptical that whether or not it's going to open, because you had already tried. The last one is kind of like you lost hope of it opening, like you accepted that it won't be opening. I hope this makes sense, they are all relatively similar to each other, each one is situational based.

kook6959kook
2 dez 2017

  • Coreano
@maltsang
I can't thank you enough..
Would it be possible to look for you when I have questions about English expressions?
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maltsang
2 dez 2017

  • Inglês (EUA)

@kook6959kook You're very welcome and I would be happy to help you! Sorry for the delayed response, I just woke up, hahaha. 😅

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kook6959kook
2 dez 2017

  • Coreano
@maltsang

Can I ask you what you mean by maltsang ?
I am guessing it has a special meaning.

Here's my question about the usage of miss.
I have been wondering if both of the 2 sentences are gramatically cortect ?
If so, why not being in case of 1 and on the contrary, in the sentence 2 do you always need the word "being"?

Please explain to me when you need being and when you don't.

1. I am going to miss you on the show.

2. I miss you being on my team.

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maltsang
3 dez 2017

  • Inglês (EUA)

@kook6959kook It's really not that special, it's just only part of my name. I'm not very creative with coming up usernames.

Both are grammatically correct when it comes to using "miss." The difference between the two sentences it that one has happened (#2) and one that has yet to occur (#1). So the first sentence states that the person will be missed when they leave the shower, whereas the second means that the person has already left the team.

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maltsang
3 dez 2017

  • Inglês (EUA)

@kook6959kook When it comes to adding "being" into the sentences, you could add it to the first sentence, "I'm going to miss you being in the show," but it's really up to you whether you would like to add it into the sentence. Even if you do add it to the first sentence, it'll still means that the person has not yet left the show. That's more based on the usage is "am."

maltsang
4 dez 2017

  • Inglês (EUA)

@kook6959kook Sorry about the late response, I was busy all of yesterday.

kook6959kook
8 dez 2017

  • Coreano
@maltsang
Thanks...
but here are 2 more questions, relating to your response.

Q1. As far as I undrstand, you mean that #2 can be changed like this : I miss it when you were in my team.

Q2. Do you mean it would be wrong, and thus sound weird if I say ; I am going to miss you being on the show.

Very confusing.
I don't understand why this happens. please help me out with this.
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maltsang
9 dez 2017

  • Inglês (EUA)

@kook6959kook Yeah, I totally understand that it's confusing. So let's rewind it back a bit. Instead of talking about two different subjects, let's just talk about being on a team. That may help lessen the confusion.

So if you change the first sentence to "I miss having you on my team." Same meaning as "I miss it when you were on my team," just makes it shorter and easier. And let's change the second sentence to "I am going to miss you being on my team," you can also say "I am going to miss having you on my team." Also same exact meaning, just a different way of saying it. Now, let's pretend you were leaving the team, if you were leaving right now. I would say, I'm going to miss having you on my team, but if you had already left the team and I saw you randomly, I would now say, I miss having you on my team." The only key words that are missing from the second sentence is "am going," and that's because it hasn't happen yet. So both of your sentences that you have given me are correct, it's just one is present tense (#2) and one was past tense (#1). Does this help make it a bit more sense?

kook6959kook
9 dez 2017

  • Coreano
@maltsang

My conclusion is gonna be like this ;
Grammar can be critical to undestanding what a sentence means , but there also can be different ways of saying the same thing. Right? ㅎ
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