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bitpicker, rockzmom, delog thanksa lot.

Like bitpicker I also incline to that it's impossible to say 100% who is appearing in the film.

Will who be appeared in the film: Jack or Mary?

Well, thanks God! because I was going round the twist...


But you are good at this!

...It was so far that I thought that the preposition 'by' in '...and millions were affected in what the World...' designated the agent! :wacko:
So is the preposition 'in' in '...and millions were...

Lynn,
and can the only the preposition in be used in the meaning (instead of) the one by?
(is it possible only the preposition in to use instead of the one by?)

The letter was written by me.
The letter was written with a pen.
The letter - is a patient; me and a pen - are agents
Under '...together with the preposition by or with that is come by the agent.'...

The preposition in was confused me, because in our textbooks passive structure is only considered together the preposition by or with' that is come by agent.
For instance,
I wrote the letter -...

Correct![/quote]
hurray!!! :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: I see, at last!
Many thanks, Lynn.

And then it's possible to say 'and millions were affected by what the World Health Organisation termed 'the greatest mass poisoning in history'. Yes?

Lynn, ))) OK, then
...and millions were affected in the poisoning = ...and millions were affected by the poisoning?

I'll start one after another...

Lynn,
As far as I understood in the sentence '...and millions were affected in what the World...' the preposition in connects with millions. Am I right?

And how! Thank you, Lynn.

And is "in what" used only in passive constructions or it's possible to use it in active too?
For example, In letter I often use in what everybody calls 'smilies'.

This is out of BBC new Bangladesh water may still be unsafe:

Does 'more research is needed on this' mean 'it's necessary to research this (=the problem above)' or anything else?


affected =...

rockzmom,
sorry! I've been foolish :fool"
It's obviously that it's not necessary to use quotes here.
Why didn't I understand it immediately? :unknown:
Thanks, rockzmom, for your explanations...

rockzmom,
and mustn't the 2nd way look like this: Please tell me "Does the 1st sentence equal the 2nd one in meaning?" (I mean with direct speech)?

Indeed.[/quote]
OK, then I've understood, how I seem )
Thanks!

bitpicker, and in 'I saw him write the words on the wall' did I see the act of writing completely (from start to finish)?

Lynn, many thanks. You explained that really understandable!
Then can I say 'I saw him to write 'I was here' with a felt pen on a wall' like this: 'I saw (that) he wrote 'I was here' with a felt pen...

Please tell me if does 1st sentence equal to 2nd one in a meaning?
I know him to be a good man. and I know he is a good man.
I want you to be happy. and I want you would be happy.
I saw him to...

One may indeed make an impersonal sentence this way. But use "one doesn't", not "one don't". As in "One doesn't need to do it".
One as a grammatical person takes the same verb forms as 'he, she,...

The first two are grammatically incorrect. They are attempts at a direct translation of "надо", correct?

To express "It is not necessary to do it" with "need" you have the following options:
...

Hi Oldboy, From the way you had constructed the sentences, I thought you probably meant 'not' for the last example.

The first two examples actually mean something, but perhaps not exactly what...

Hi, Seraph.

Damn! I'm sorry!!! I've made a mistake. :fool"
In the last way, I meant 'It's not necessary to do it.' and not 'It's necessary to do it.'
For example, I want to say: 'Здесь не нужно...

From the below sentences are all they correct and have the same meaning?
It needn't to do it.
It don't need to do it.
It's necessary to do it.

Ah! I see now. Thanks, bitpicker!