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Correct grammar
Is the phrase "I did all the jobs you asked" correct grammar?
In the form "I did everything you asked" this is quite common. So I can't say it's wrong, and certainly not when spoken. Nevertheless, it's not great either. I prefer: "I did all the jobs you asked me to do." --
LambiamTalk 07:39, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
M-W gives sense 2b for ask: "to make a request for", with the example "she asked help from her teacher". I would mark that example with (?), meaning it's grammatically questionable for me (it sounds funny). The verb request can take as a predicate something of the form <subject> <infinitive verb phrase>, as in "I requested she be here on time", and so can ask, as in "I asked she be here on time". I have repeated that sentence to myself a few times over the past few minutes, and sometimes it sounds totally unobjectionable, and sometimes it sounds completely wrong. Weird!
Nohat 09:05, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
I agree with Lambiam with the comment that "me to do" is implied in the original example. Of course, it could also be "I did all the jobs you asked about." -
THB 16:16, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
I would have said "I did all the jobs you asked for." --
Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (
talk) 08:52, 17 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Hmm, one doesn't ask for jobs. Better as "I did all the jobs you asked me to do".
JackofOz 23:27, 19 November 2006 (UTC)reply
In What Language Is The Following? Thanks.
100110100 10:05, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Looks a bit like Indonesian, so that could be. But
Malagasy is also in that language group. But when I google the phrase there are several results from .ph, which is the tld for the Philippines, but none for .mg, so Tagalog sounds more likely.
DirkvdM 07:48, 17 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Those are actually two Filipino sentences. Pasukan na. Paano naman kami. It means "It's school time once again. How about us?" It's not really the literal meaning, but it's very close to the real meaning.
Unable to speak
Can someone remind me of the verb that's used to indicate someone is unable to speak? -
Mgm|
(talk) 10:15, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Don't know about a verb, but the noun and adjective are
mute. --
Richardrjtalk email 10:29, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
It was something starting with an 's' like stuck or something. -
Mgm|
(talk) 10:31, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
struck dumb mabye? --
WhiteDragon 21:03, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
The closest thing to a verb I can think of is "to mute", but you'd have to use it in a passive sense: I was muted, I am mute.--
Prosfilaes 10:39, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Well I'm speechless.--
Shantavira 11:27, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
I've heard "stultified" used that way.
hotclaws**== 14:52, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
There is a technical term
aphasia.
RJFJR 15:06, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Otto originally comes from a Germanic root ot- meaning riches, if that's what you were asking. Waalkes I don't know.
Lesgles (
talk) 02:30, 17 November 2006 (UTC)reply
The ending "-s" in a Germanic family name is often a patronymic: "son of". So for "Waalkes": "son of Waalke". Indeed, "Waalke" is found as a given name, and I found both combined in the
Frisian name
Waalke van Borssum Waalkes. The ending "-ke(n)" in Low Germanic is a diminutive: "little Waal". A possible meaning of "Waal" is
Walloon, but this seems a bit unlikely for a given name. Another possible source is a shortened form of some saint's name, e.g.
Saint Walericus. --
LambiamTalk 07:24, 17 November 2006 (UTC)reply
If I understood the Dutch correctly, according to a
Dutch database of given names the name "Waalke" is derived from "Wale", which comes from the name of a saint Wala, who has no article in Wikipedia but is mentioned as a son of
Bernard, son of
Charles Martel. --
LambiamTalk 07:48, 17 November 2006 (UTC)reply
O no! My horse fell again!
Translation please: any language
of the sentence: 'my horse fell down the toilet' -please also write which language you translated to thanks 17:34, 16 November 2006 (UTC)17:34, 16 November 2006 (UTC)17:34, 16 November 2006 (UTC)~~san
Hi,
I've been searching the whole wide web for free translations for "teddy bear". This is for my little sister, who is doing it to fundraise for children in need. I have already found most common european languages, and I was wondering if you could think of anywhere else to look.
And the Wiktionary article
Teddy bear further lists:
Catalan: Osset de peluix, Osset de feltre
Finnish: Nallekarhu
Hungarian: Maci, Mackó
Interlingua: Teddy Bear, Urseto teddy
Portuguese: Ursinho de pelúcia
Note the difference for Finnish; teddykarhu and nallekarhu appear to be synonyms. Portuguese ursinho is simply the diminutive of urso. --
LambiamTalk 20:23, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
It's the same for Swedish and Finnish, "Nallebjörn" and "Teddybjörn", generally are synonyms... (If anything, "Teddybjörn" would refer to original
Steiff bears, or something like that...) Norwegian and Danish also have "bamse".
惑乱 分からん 21:29, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Origin of the term Lime
I was wondering if anyone knows about the origin of the term
lime in geology/chemistry. Thanks, --
WhiteDragon 21:00, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Dictionary.com gives various similar etymologies; one is: Middle English lim, from Old English lm, birdlime. See lei- in
Indo-European Roots. -
THB 21:09, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Thanks. I was thinking of adding it to the Lime article. Can I use dictionary.com's content on wikipedia? --
WhiteDragon 20:24, 20 November 2006 (UTC)reply
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November 16 Information
Correct grammar
Is the phrase "I did all the jobs you asked" correct grammar?
In the form "I did everything you asked" this is quite common. So I can't say it's wrong, and certainly not when spoken. Nevertheless, it's not great either. I prefer: "I did all the jobs you asked me to do." --
LambiamTalk 07:39, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
M-W gives sense 2b for ask: "to make a request for", with the example "she asked help from her teacher". I would mark that example with (?), meaning it's grammatically questionable for me (it sounds funny). The verb request can take as a predicate something of the form <subject> <infinitive verb phrase>, as in "I requested she be here on time", and so can ask, as in "I asked she be here on time". I have repeated that sentence to myself a few times over the past few minutes, and sometimes it sounds totally unobjectionable, and sometimes it sounds completely wrong. Weird!
Nohat 09:05, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
I agree with Lambiam with the comment that "me to do" is implied in the original example. Of course, it could also be "I did all the jobs you asked about." -
THB 16:16, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
I would have said "I did all the jobs you asked for." --
Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (
talk) 08:52, 17 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Hmm, one doesn't ask for jobs. Better as "I did all the jobs you asked me to do".
JackofOz 23:27, 19 November 2006 (UTC)reply
In What Language Is The Following? Thanks.
100110100 10:05, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Looks a bit like Indonesian, so that could be. But
Malagasy is also in that language group. But when I google the phrase there are several results from .ph, which is the tld for the Philippines, but none for .mg, so Tagalog sounds more likely.
DirkvdM 07:48, 17 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Those are actually two Filipino sentences. Pasukan na. Paano naman kami. It means "It's school time once again. How about us?" It's not really the literal meaning, but it's very close to the real meaning.
Unable to speak
Can someone remind me of the verb that's used to indicate someone is unable to speak? -
Mgm|
(talk) 10:15, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Don't know about a verb, but the noun and adjective are
mute. --
Richardrjtalk email 10:29, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
It was something starting with an 's' like stuck or something. -
Mgm|
(talk) 10:31, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
struck dumb mabye? --
WhiteDragon 21:03, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
The closest thing to a verb I can think of is "to mute", but you'd have to use it in a passive sense: I was muted, I am mute.--
Prosfilaes 10:39, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Well I'm speechless.--
Shantavira 11:27, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
I've heard "stultified" used that way.
hotclaws**== 14:52, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
There is a technical term
aphasia.
RJFJR 15:06, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Otto originally comes from a Germanic root ot- meaning riches, if that's what you were asking. Waalkes I don't know.
Lesgles (
talk) 02:30, 17 November 2006 (UTC)reply
The ending "-s" in a Germanic family name is often a patronymic: "son of". So for "Waalkes": "son of Waalke". Indeed, "Waalke" is found as a given name, and I found both combined in the
Frisian name
Waalke van Borssum Waalkes. The ending "-ke(n)" in Low Germanic is a diminutive: "little Waal". A possible meaning of "Waal" is
Walloon, but this seems a bit unlikely for a given name. Another possible source is a shortened form of some saint's name, e.g.
Saint Walericus. --
LambiamTalk 07:24, 17 November 2006 (UTC)reply
If I understood the Dutch correctly, according to a
Dutch database of given names the name "Waalke" is derived from "Wale", which comes from the name of a saint Wala, who has no article in Wikipedia but is mentioned as a son of
Bernard, son of
Charles Martel. --
LambiamTalk 07:48, 17 November 2006 (UTC)reply
O no! My horse fell again!
Translation please: any language
of the sentence: 'my horse fell down the toilet' -please also write which language you translated to thanks 17:34, 16 November 2006 (UTC)17:34, 16 November 2006 (UTC)17:34, 16 November 2006 (UTC)~~san
Hi,
I've been searching the whole wide web for free translations for "teddy bear". This is for my little sister, who is doing it to fundraise for children in need. I have already found most common european languages, and I was wondering if you could think of anywhere else to look.
And the Wiktionary article
Teddy bear further lists:
Catalan: Osset de peluix, Osset de feltre
Finnish: Nallekarhu
Hungarian: Maci, Mackó
Interlingua: Teddy Bear, Urseto teddy
Portuguese: Ursinho de pelúcia
Note the difference for Finnish; teddykarhu and nallekarhu appear to be synonyms. Portuguese ursinho is simply the diminutive of urso. --
LambiamTalk 20:23, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
It's the same for Swedish and Finnish, "Nallebjörn" and "Teddybjörn", generally are synonyms... (If anything, "Teddybjörn" would refer to original
Steiff bears, or something like that...) Norwegian and Danish also have "bamse".
惑乱 分からん 21:29, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Origin of the term Lime
I was wondering if anyone knows about the origin of the term
lime in geology/chemistry. Thanks, --
WhiteDragon 21:00, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Dictionary.com gives various similar etymologies; one is: Middle English lim, from Old English lm, birdlime. See lei- in
Indo-European Roots. -
THB 21:09, 16 November 2006 (UTC)reply
Thanks. I was thinking of adding it to the Lime article. Can I use dictionary.com's content on wikipedia? --
WhiteDragon 20:24, 20 November 2006 (UTC)reply