Please help me with English grammar questions!

[Pham Minh Son]

I'm Son. I'm Vietnamese and I like English very much. My great dream is to get chance to study abroad and English is the key to get it :) . But now I have a lot of difficulties studying English. :( I study English by myself. There are many English grammar questions I want to ask. I hope this forum of http://www.englishclub.com can help me. I will post my questions and hope to receive answers from members of http://www.englishclub.com. That's all right.
:P
And I want to know how to receive answers from web master of englishclub.com when I have questions. Please help me.
Thanhks a lot
Good luck to everybody

[shokin]

Welcome to the EC ! Pham Minh Son !

Simply ask your questions !

Shokin

[Dixie]

Yes, we will try to help you out Waiting for your questions ;)

[essie]

Chao ban. Ban muon hoc tieng anh a? ;) Ask your questions Ban noi di!

[BLACK DEATH]

Chao ban. Ban muon hoc tieng anh a? ;) Ask your questions Ban noi di!

OH GOD ,, IS THIS NEW LANGAGE ???

[Dixie]

I guess it's Vietmanese.

[any]

Hi! Everybody! I'm Thu, i'm 17 years old. I'm living in Vietnam country. I like E so much. But, my E isn't good. :D . I decide to join into E club! I hope to improve my E! Because I like E so much!

I have a question to ask you :My teacher give for me homework: HOW DO YOU STUDY E?
Can you help me! Thanks

[shokin]

By discussing on EnglishClub.

I don't hesitate to use my dictionnary and my grammar book.

I search informations in english on the web (and in french or in german).

I listen to the radio in english on the web.

I don't watch tv, but you can in english.

I make my habits englîsh.

I play mixing languages.

Shokin

[any]

Thank you Shokin very much! :D . I'm very happy when I saw your answer. Although it isn't so much, but it could help me ! once more thanks

[HongNhung]

can anybody tell how to use gerund and to- inf
for example:remember+v-ing
remember+to-inf
what the difference?
and what the difference between "values" and "value"
Thank

[shokin]

I don't know about "remember (+to) + -ing". Sorry. I never use it, except when "-ing" is used as a noun. I don't remember (me) using this grammatical structure. By luck, I remember who I am.

Value, values, have you ever searched in your dictionnary ? value, need, good (in economic language ), etc.

A need is "what we need". It is something necessary to reach for a goal. Need is relative to a goal. It is often used implicitally for life : I need food, I need breathing, I need love.

Money is a "social" need. [There are primary needs, secundary needs and tertiary needs...]

A good is something that satisfy to a need. Water is a good, for example.

A value is a quality of a good which satisfy to a need. Some famous values are : identity, symbolics, esthetics, practical, artistics, natural, affection...

Values is simply the plural of value, isn't it ?

a values system is a system of values (of one person, or of one culture). There are interactions/relations betweeen values (which are elements of the system).

A plus-value is some benefit (you buy for 4$, sell for 5 $, the plus-value is 1$).

I am not at home. So I have not my dictionnary under eyes.

Shokin

[loveisblue]

can anybody tell how to use gerund and to- inf
for example:remember+v-ing
remember+to-inf
what the difference?
and what the difference between "values" and "value"
Thank

remember doing something = remember that you did something.

remember to do something = remember that you have to do something

E.g:
[1]I remember locking the door = I remember that I locked the door.
[2]Remember to lock the door! = Don't forget to lock the door.

As for value & values, the same on Shokin's answer.

[shokin]

I don't remember having studied this part of grammar.

I have to remember to use more this grammatical structure.

Remember me.

Shokin

[loveisblue]

I don't remember having studied this part of grammar.

So I reminded you of that grammatical part. I also don't remember having had a good friend like you, shokin.

I have to remember to use more this grammatical structure.

Remember to use it frequently, you won't forget it again.

Remember me.
Shokin

I do remember you.
I will rememeber you.

[loveisblue]

can anybody tell how to use gerund and to- inf
for example:remember+v-ing
remember+to-inf
what the difference?
and what the difference between "values" and "value"
Thank

However, remember that there are many verbs which can use with participle or infinitive without different meaning.

E.g:
[1]I like playing football.
[2]I like to play football.

[ProfessorVerb]

what['s] the difference?
and what the difference between "values" and "value"
Thank

That is a good question and I'll try to give you a good answer. First, the dictionary definitions:

http://www.britannica.com/dictionary?bo ... uery=value
(this is a free service!)

Value: Main Entry: 1val·ue

Pronunciation: 'val-(")yü

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin valuta, from feminine of valutus, past participle of Latin valEre to be worth, be strong -- more at WIELD

1 : a fair return or equivalent in goods, services, or money for something exchanged

2 : the monetary worth of something : marketable price

3 : relative worth, utility, or importance <a good value at the price> <the value of base stealing in baseball> <had nothing of value to say>

4 a : a numerical quantity that is assigned or is determined by calculation or measurement <let x take on positive values> <a value for the age of the earth> b : precise signification <value of a word>

5 : the relative duration of a musical note

6 a : relative lightness or darkness of a color : LUMINOSITY b : the relation of one part in a picture to another with respect to lightness and darkness

7 : something (as a principle or quality) intrinsically valuable or desirable <sought material values instead of human values -- W. H. Jones>

8 : DENOMINATION 2
- val·ue·less /-(")yü-l&s, -y&-/ adjective
- val·ue·less·ness noun

In terms of "value," then, most English speakers use this term to refer to the price of something, or how much they would be willing to spend for it (definitions 1-3). By sharp contrast, "values" generally refers to the definition provided in 7: something (as a principle or quality) intrinsically valuable or desirable <sought material values instead of human values -- W. H. Jones>. For example, someone might say, "That used Bible does not have a lot of monetary value, but it contains many good human values."

I hope that helped you distinguish the difference.

Best of luck.

[HongNhung]

i read in the book that they use "wonder" and"ask yourself"
i was stumped when using them
isee they use "wonder " in reported speech and 'ask yourself in direct sentences
Can any one explain for me more about them
i used to think we should only use "wonder"

[ProfessorVerb]

i read in the book that they use "wonder" and"ask yourself" i was stumped when using them
isee they use "wonder " in reported speech and 'ask yourself in direct sentences Can any one explain for me more about them
i used to think we should only use "wonder"

Here's some common usages:
--
I wonder if you should ask yourself if that is a great question.

Should you ask yourself, "I wonder if that is a great question?"

I was wondering if you would like to go to lunch.

The man hit my car with a brick, but I asked myself if it was worth confronting him.
--

In conversational English, the past tense, "wondered" is used almost interchangeably with "asked myself"; "I wondered if I really wanted to go"; "I asked myself if I really wanted to go."

By contrast, no one says, "I ask myself if I really want to do that ..." but people say "I wonder if I really want to do that."
--

I hope that helped :)

[shokin]

Thank you for explanations about value and values. I think this difference is difficult to discerne in any language (for example in french) and that this difference is different from one to another language.

What has value, that has no price.

Shokin