Thread: need some help...

What is the right answer to the question "When do you think of going there?"
1. I think of it now
2. I think I will go there tomorrow

Please, point out the right variants from folliwing sentenses (if they are):
1.1. The kind if electrolyte used has no effest on the electromotive force
1.2. The kind if used electrolyte has no effest on the electromotive force
1.3. The kind if electrolyte being used has no effest on the electromotive force
1.4. The kind if being used electrolyte has no effest on the electromotive force

2.1 It's difficult for us to do this
2.2 It's difficult for us to have done this

Also, check some following phrases:

She wasn't the injured innocent as people thought she was at the time of the trial
They didn't object to discussing of this work
I always can rely upon him
If a child is too young to be adult, it must do what its parents tell him to do

Thanks in advance, Chuvak

Originally Posted by Chuvak

What is the right answer to the question "When do you think of going there?"
1. I think of it now
2. I think I will go there tomorrow

green = correct

Originally Posted by Chuvak

Please, point out the right variants from folliwing sentenses (if they are):
1.1. The kind if electrolyte used has no effest on the electromotive force
1.2. The kind if used electrolyte has no effest on the electromotive force
1.3. The kind if electrolyte being used has no effest on the electromotive force
1.4. The kind if being used electrolyte has no effest on the electromotive force

I think you have numerous typos in these sentences. The kind OF electrolyte used has no EFFECT on the elctromotive force. These two typos are in all sentences, so they are all wrong But, disregarding them, 1.1 and 1.3 are correct

Originally Posted by Chuvak

2.1 It's difficult for us to do this
2.2 It's difficult for us to have done this

Originally Posted by Chuvak

Also, check some following phrases:

She wasn't the injured innocent VICTIM as people thought she was at the time of the trial
They didn't object to discussing this work ["of" deleted]
I always can rely on him
If a child is too young to be an adult, it must do what its parents tell him to do

Thanks in advance, Chuvak

kalinka, is a kid inanimate, lifeless? Are you sure that the noun 'child' can be described by the pronoun 'it'?

You are eternially right! Didn't even notice

Originally Posted by ReDSanchous

kalinka, is a kid inanimate, lifeless? Are you sure that the noun 'child' can be described by the pronoun 'it'?

ReD - yes, it can.
Both "child" and "baby" can be referred to as "it" when the statement is generalizing, and it's not clear whether it is a little boy or a little girl that is being talked about.

BUT in that case, you have to stick to it, within the same sentence, i.e.:

If a child is too young to be adult, IT must do what its parents tell IT to do. (-> general observation)

If THE child is too young to be adult, HE/SHE must do what HIS/HER parents tell HIM/HER to do. (-> about a specific child)