Hello Pual Brown

[lee]

Hello Pual!! I really like your program very much!! I always listen to it!! But I can't listen it all!!
Now I have some question to ask u!!
Can u tell me how to change the Direct question to Indirect question?
For instand,Who built this house? what can we change to indirect question?
 
And another question what is the differences between the Present perfect simple and Present perfect continuous???
Thank you indeed!!!
Chow!!!!

[Keo Somala]

Hello Lee,

That is Paul Brown.

If you would like to ask questions about grammar, please go to "General English help and discussion" section. Everyone will see your questions there and help answer those. But when you posted questions about grammar here, I'm sure they won't see your questions. 

[Keo Somala]

Can u tell me how to change the Direct question to Indirect question?
For instand,Who built this house? what can we change to indirect question?
 
And another question what is the differences between the Present perfect simple and Present perfect continuous???

"Direct Question" to "Indirect Question

A: Who built this house?
B: A asked who had built this house.

It is just part of "Reported Speech". When you want to change a direct question into an indirect question, please remember to use "Subject + asked + who/what/where/why...+ Subject + Verb".

Again, in order to change "Direct Speech" into "Indirect Speech", you need to change some important parts of the orginal question such as "subject, verb, pronoun and time expression".
More examples:

A: Is that you house?
B: A asked whether/if that is your house. 

C: What do you like?
D: C asked what you liked.

[Keo Somala]

And another question what is the differences between the Present perfect simple and Present perfect continuous???

I think "Present Perfect Simple" suggests an action that happened in no specific time in the past.

Ex: I have ever met her before.

Another is to show duration of time of your action from the past until now.

Ex: I have been here for 2 years.

As for Present Perfect Continuous, it is used to show an uncompleted action. It mean "an action" that has happened in the past until now...and still in the progress.

Ex: I have been reading this book up to page 100. (The book has 200 pages.)

Just some ideas. 

[lee]

Thank u very much!! And another thing what is the differences between each and every!!! Oh what is the meaning of "point over view!!!"

[Keo Somala]

Hello Lee,

If you'd like to find out about "each" and "every", please check this out.
http://www.5steps2english.com/forums/index.php/topic,910.0.html

I think it's "point of view". But please tell me where you found "point over view".

[denith]

Its not "point of view", its an answer.

[lee]

Oh! I confused it's "point over view"!!! What is the differences between sometimes and sometime!!!
Example:
We see each other sometimes.
We see each other sometime.

[Keo Somala]

"Sometimes" Vs. "Sometime"

***Sometimes
Sometimes is an adverb that shows frequency.

Ex: I visit her sometimes.

*Note: "sometimes" can (1) go at the beginning of a sentence, (2) before verbs but after special verbs, (3) at the end of the sentence.
Ex: (1) Sometimes I try to get away from it. 
Ex: (2) I can sometimes burst into tears.
          She is sometimes nice too. 
          She sometimes helps me with homework.
Ex: (3) We can see each other sometimes.

***Sometime
Sometime here is an adverb too but it means "not a particular time in the future or one day".
Ex: We can see each other sometime. (= We can see each other one day.)

So again, "We can see each other sometimes." means that we can see each other more (frequently).
And usually we say "We'll see each other sometime." This is because "sometime" shows a future possiblity.  

[lee]

Thank u very much!!! I want to ask u How are you? I always listen to your program and I heard "I'm Fandibidozy!!!" From you!!
I wonder if u could help me what the differences between "a few " and "a little" in Khmer is the same meaning, what about in English? And another thing what does "bring it forward"  mean? I came across this word in the story!!

C ya!!

[Kimlong]

Hi Lee this is not Paul or even Mala, but Kimlong!!
A few and a little have the same meaning, yet it is used differently.
-A few+plural noun
Ex: A few of my friends came to visit me last month.
-A little+uncount noun
Ex: We leave very little sugar,therefore, we can't cook food tastefully.

The phrase "bring it forward" means "take it with,take it to..."

It's better if you post the whole sentence of it, Lee!

Hope you get it!
Kimlong

[Keo Somala]

Oh, Lee Lee, I'm not Paul Brown. I'm Keosomala.   Please excuse me for not having explained this to you earlier.

Oh, it is really nice that you listen to Paul Brown's show every Monday to Wednesday. I'm sure you enjoy it very much. I hope you are fandabidozy.

"A few" is used with a countable noun, but "a little" is used with an uncountable. They both are positive words.

For example: a few books but a little money...

**"bring it forward...bring forward is a phrasal verb which means to bring something into consideration.

[Kimlong]

Hey Lee look through your wonder, sometime and sometimes, I want to remind you another one. It is some time, it mean quite long time.

Ex: Yesterday, I went visiting my parent some time before going to SiemReap.

So now you have three.
1,Sometimes
2,Sometime
3,Some time

Kimlong

[lee]

Thank u everybody!!!
I used to heard from Pual's programe in his competition
**He said** ****Buy the ballet**** mean we don't want to do, but have to do****
Is my writting (red color) right?
Thank u in advance!!!
C ya!!!