Grammar question
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RMDB9

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1,711 posts

77 months

Wednesday 15th July 2020
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"I am sat" vs. "I am sitting" vs. "I sat".

This whole "I am sat" thing - is it a "thing"?

Louis Balfour

28,176 posts

251 months

Wednesday 15th July 2020
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RMDB9 said:
"I am sat" vs. "I am sitting" vs. "I sat".

This whole "I am sat" thing - is it a "thing"?
All three are correct. The first two are present tense, the last past tense.

21st Century Man

42,561 posts

277 months

Wednesday 15th July 2020
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What if your name is Dave?

2 sMoKiN bArReLs

32,008 posts

264 months

Wednesday 15th July 2020
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21st Century Man said:
What if your name is Dave?
Keep standing

Butter Face

34,800 posts

189 months

Wednesday 15th July 2020
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I am stood

I am standing

I stood

SeeFive

8,353 posts

262 months

Wednesday 15th July 2020
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Egg yolk are white or egg yolk is white?

bigandclever

14,359 posts

267 months

Wednesday 15th July 2020
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SeeFive said:
Egg yolk are white or egg yolk is white?
Your eggs is fked.

SeeFive

8,353 posts

262 months

Wednesday 15th July 2020
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bigandclever said:
SeeFive said:
Egg yolk are white or egg yolk is white?
Your eggs is fked.
I was seeing how many actually read it... smile

Cold

16,703 posts

119 months

Wednesday 15th July 2020
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SeeFive said:
bigandclever said:
SeeFive said:
Egg yolk are white or egg yolk is white?
Your eggs is fked.
I was seeing how many actually read it... smile
Egg folk are strange.

Ultuous

2,291 posts

220 months

Wednesday 15th July 2020
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Louis Balfour said:
All three are correct. The first two are present tense, the last past tense.
Agreed, but I'd add there's a minute and implied subtlety, which linguists would explain more delicately than I can:

"I am sitting in the pub" : current action - read as "ready when you are!"

"I am sat in the pub" : it's already happened - "ps off if you think I'm moving!"