eager for help
By downaalice
@downaalice (209)
China
December 4, 2007 4:20am CST
i cannot analyze this sentence correctly.i hope the kind will help me.the dialogue goes like this"---when shall we meet to discuss the projict? ----anytime you feel like it."what does "it" here refer to.cannot we look on it as an attributive clause and cut out "it"?just like this,"anytime you feel like ?i am puzzled,i will appreciate whoever will help me?
4 responses
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
5 Dec 07
hi downaalice :) the 'it' here refers to dicussing the project :) the person uses the word 'it' because it's shorter.. english in terms of written or spoken is slightly different from chinese.. but the meaning are still the same :)
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
4 Dec 07
Hello dear downaalice.
A: "When shall we meet to discuss the project?"
B: "Anytime you feel like it."
Ok, let me change this sentence in another way so that you can understand it much better. Now here is goes:
Paraphrase:
Anytime you feel like that it is ok for us to meet to discuss the project.
So I think that "it" here stands for the former sentence by A. It is wrong to consider "it" as an attributive clause, as in fact it is not, but an object to the preposition "like". You see, "feel" is a verb and "like" is a preposition. I hope that I have made it clear to my dear downaalice. Thanks for asking, dear friend.
@downaalice (209)
• China
4 Dec 07
hi dear friend,thank you very much.i think you are very informed.thank you for your kind help again.i should learn from you .you really made it very clear to me,so i got it very well.it is very kind of you to help me.god bless you.may you be happy everyday.dream a sweet dream.
@downaalice (209)
• China
4 Dec 07
hi raychill,glad to see your response.thank you very much.good luck with everything.
