Some grammar question.

[ps2huang]

And also that if we are using a name of someone else behind an adjective, then it's go like this:

Bush being stupid.

Sick Bush being stupid.

And its full contexts is:

It is stupid Bush who is being stupid.

[Dak]

actually, your right: proper nouns can take adjectives infront of them, just not always.

 

its stupid Bush who is doing this <--correct

 

its stupid Bush being stupid <--correct, but there is no need to refer to Bushes stupidity twice in one centance.

 

although not all adjectives would work:

 

its big Bush being stupid

 

would, i think, be wrong.

 

actually, i dunno. im confused now.

[ps2huang]

actually' date=' your right: proper nouns can take adjectives infront of them, just not always.

 

its stupid Bush who is doing this <--correct

 

its stupid Bush being stupid <--correct, but there is no need to refer to Bushes stupidity twice in one centance.

 

although not all adjectives would work:

 

its big Bush being stupid

 

would, i think, be wrong.

 

actually, i dunno. im confused now.[/quote']

So if we add an adjective in front of a name, that makes it an sentence already.

Terrible Bush does not know <---wrong. Right???

[Dak]

it sounds wrong. i personally wouldnt use that centance.

 

if you want to indicate that the fact that bush doesnt know is terrible, you could say:

 

terribly, bush doesnt know

 

or

 

bush, terribly, doesnt know.

 

i cant think of an eloquent way to indicate that bush is terrible within that centance. the closest i can get is

 

bush (who is terrible) doesnt know.

 

i think maybe someone who is better than me at english should probably take over now.

[ps2huang]

But I guess the most troublesome part is still with that pronouns.

Although in Chinese we rarely put adjective in front of I, you, etc., it still make sense.

I am just trying to make speaking English limitedlessly.

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

Do you mean "I am just trying to make speaking English limitless"?

"Limitedlessly" does not make sense at all. Limited means there are limits, limitedless means "there are limits not" and "limitedlessly" makes it an adverb (describing a verb).

Limitless would sound better and make sense in that situation.

 

 

Anyways, I'm glad you're trying to learn English. Most people don't care if they have horrible grammar.

[ps2huang]

Well, limitedlessly in my that sentence stands for adverb.

And I am oing to point out an error. You said that we cannot put adjectives in front of any pronoun, but I often see some words with "most you," most is that adjective, then how and why could you put it in front of a pronoun?

[Dak]

as in "the most you can do is wait"?

 

in that case, 'the most' is related to 'do', not to 'you'

 

ie, it means "the most that can be done by you is wait", or "waiting is the most that you can do".

 

that would make it an adverb, as it modifies the verb 'do' (i think)

[Primarygun]

"said Mary' date='" does it mean which was said that was Mary?

"said she' should be used as "said her," right?[/quote']

Mary said it.

I don't know whether replacing "said she" with "said her" is wrong.

[ps2huang]

Mary said it.

I don't know whether replacing "said she" with "said her" is wrong.

Just a quick question: Is English grammar structure the most complex among all languages? Why did some people say it is a concise language?

And I feel the variety of English usage is kinda limited. I have to think before speak.