2011年1月20日 · Type 2: Would you pass the test. (Actually requesting the completion of a physical action on a physical object.) In Type 1 sentences, what the speaker wants is a verbal response; in Type 2 sentences, the speaker is asking for a non-verbal action, conformity with a rule etc. Type 1 sentences are distinguished by a rising intonation in speech ...

2015年2月21日 · @ScotM I'd be less likely to be offended by 'Could you pass me the salt' than 'Pass the salt, please' (which sounds like a demand with a token attempt at a hedge). I'd always use 'Could you pass me the salt, please', with half a question mark in my tone. –

In the case of your niece, if you wanted to be pedantic, you could say that she is asking her mother whether she—her mother—has permission to pass the salt, while what she wanted to do is to ask her mother to please pass the salt.

2015年5月28日 · Lord help me if I fall in love with you. Hey, pass me by if you're only passing through. And a gospel song that uses the "leave me uncomforted" sense of "pass me by" is "Pass Me Not, Oh Gentle Savior by the Martins (circa 1996): Pass me not, oh gentle Saviour . Hear my humble cry . While on others thou art calling. Do not pass me by

2018年5月26日 · (The teacher's question is pragmatically correctly interpreted as "What is the odd one out here?") // "Can you pass the salt[?]" is a request; I'd only add the question mark if I wished to signal the question-intonation. It's a little brusque, but "Pass the salt." (which means exactly the same thing) is much more so. "Could you please pass the ...

Past definition 13 (adverb): So as to pass by or beyond. For passed to be the correct word, you would need to say something like this: I passed the store, then turned left. But this: Go past the store, then turn left. is undoubtedly correct.

2015年9月1日 · Could you pass me the salt? These also mean the same thing, but in this case, the first one is more informal and can be spoken between close people, whereas the second one is more polite and formal. Share

The term "pass it on" means to share the blessings that you have been given to another person. It does not always mean giving money or property,a simple smile while opening the door for someone else while wishing them a good morning is the same

2015年11月7日 · Hand me the book. Hand the book to me. Pass me the book. Pass the book to me. Throw me the book. Throw the book to me. 4. Note that verbs such as this are described as ditransitive. They can take two objects. Another example is …

2020年10月10日 · Here's the sentence that I wrote. The instruction book is passed to her for her perusal. Is the sentence correct? Or should "is" replace by "has been"? What is the difference be...