Show time! (1.The time at which an entertainment, such as the showing of a movie, is scheduled to start. 2. Slang The time at which an activity is to begin).
One minor difference in meaning -- generally you only use
asleep to mean actually unconscious. The word sleeping
is sometimes used to refer to being in bed and "going to sleep" without
concern for whether the person has actually fallen asleep yet. So if
somebody called for someone, and I knew they were in bed, I'd be much
more likely to say "they're sleeping" than "they're asleep".There's just a slight difference of emphasis. * It's slightly different from what we discussed in the lecture notes * a slightly different point, situation, version, rule, story
This is particularly worrying since there is no ...
Use asleep if you want to emphasize the state and sleeping if you want to emphasize the action.
If you know how to build a sentence but do not know which words to use, where does that get you? Not very far. However, the other way around you would make yourself understood. You can't build a house with just tools, you need materials.
The danger of making supposedly hard-and-fast rules for English is that it is constantly evolving, with no central defining authority, unlike French for example. Many verbs become adjectives over time, and vice versa, especially as various writers play with the language.
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS: I had been going to school. Describes an action in the past that started before another moment in the past, and had not finished by that moment: When I met your sister, I had been going to school for two years.* I had been going to fix the car for ages
* Do you have a boyfriend, if you don't mind me / my asking?
- Both are fine - one excuses the person, the other excuses the question.
PAST PERFECT: I had gone to school. Describes an action in the past that happened and finished before another moment in the past: They came to visit me but I had gone to school, so we didn't meet.
* To speak properly it is necessary to enunciate every syllable. Bugsy. * Look, you have to make mistakes. That's how you learn and that's how the world works. * If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you'll find an excuse. * Be patient. The lessons you learn today will benefit you tomorrow. * I don't trust words. I trust actions. * Remaind yourself that it's OK not to be perfect. * When you reach the top, that's when the climb begins. * We learn from failure, not from success! * Your beliefs don't make you a better person. Your behaviour does. * Trust is like an eraser. It gets smaller and smaller after every mistake.* Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. * Perhaps) that's how you learn, by answering questions / by asking. * Luck, that's when preparation and opportunity meet * Why worry. Where does it get you? * Why worry? If you’ve done the very best you can worrying won’t make it any better. * What do you get out of worrying? * Does it make you feel free and relaxed or all tight and tense? * Worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it doesn’t get you anywhere. * If a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever. * If something is wrong fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything. * Either you have control or you don’t. If you do, take control. If you don’t, don’t waste your energy on worry.”
How completely refreshing is it to see how other people use logic and feeling to deal with worry?
Think about this. Every second we live we are moving into the future. The future becomes the now. It’s right next to living in the present so why not live now — live free — welcome the unknown and stop worrying.
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