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caren_630
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I need urgent help with the following question plzzzzzz
Correct the verb between brackets: (why?
�1. I ..........(have) difficulties with the computer. I don �t know how�it works
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24 Apr 2015
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Gi2gi
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Hi, The most suitable option seems to be: I am having difficulties with this computer. Cheers |
24 Apr 2015
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caren_630
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Why using "am having"?? Why not "I have" especially that it means have got? |
24 Apr 2015
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cunliffe
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I have difficulties with computers. That is fine. It �s a general statement. You don �t know how to use a computer. �I am having � suggests that it is just with this particular computer at that moment and I agree with Giorgi it should be with this computer. |
24 Apr 2015
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yanogator
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I agree with Georgi and Lynne that "I am having trouble with this computer" would be best, but "I am having trouble with the computer" is still correct. If your boss comes to your desk and says, "Is all of the equipment working correctly?", you could answer, "I am having trouble with the computer, but all the other items are fine." Anyway, "am having" is definitely the correct form of the verb, as they both said. Bruce |
24 Apr 2015
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