{"id":89,"date":"2013-03-21T04:21:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T04:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monkeygrammar.org\/index.php\/2013\/03\/21\/how-to-agree\/"},"modified":"2020-04-15T14:48:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T14:48:37","slug":"how-to-agree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindpowerasia.org\/how-to-agree\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Agree"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Do you know that \u2018<\/span>I <\/span>am agree<\/u> <\/span>with you<\/span>\u2019 is wrong? <\/span><\/b>By \u2018wrong\u2019 I mean it is<\/span> ABSOLUTELY<\/span> WRONG. <\/span><\/span>If you speak or write this kind of English, you are going<\/span> down<\/span>. <\/span><\/span>But how <\/span>can you write and speak <\/span>better English<\/span>? <\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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First of all, you have to understand what’s <\/span>wrong<\/span> with<\/span> ‘<\/span>I am agree with you<\/span>.’ <\/span><\/b><\/span>If you speak an Asian language you may think there is nothing wrong with it. <\/span>Yet, in English, the problem has something to do with paring.  \u2018<\/span>Am<\/span>\u2019 and \u2018<\/span>Agree<\/span>\u2019 <\/span>can’t <\/span>come<\/span> together<\/span>. <\/span>You have to treat them like enemies<\/span>, like two men fighting<\/span><\/span><\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Furthermore, if you let your imagination flow, you can think of them (<\/span>am<\/span> VS <\/span>agree<\/span>) as two different <\/span>superwomen<\/span>. So, for most of the time, they <\/span>don\u2019t like each other<\/span>.  It\u2019s not hard to imagine what will happen when you pair them up<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n


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So how are you going to <\/span>solve<\/span>the problem of \u2018<\/span>mispairing<\/span>\u2019? <\/span>Separate<\/span>them.  But before you separate them, you have to <\/span>answer one question<\/span>.  <\/span>Which side<\/b><\/span><\/span> <\/span>are you on<\/b><\/span><\/span>?  <\/span><\/span>What do I mean?  Which one do you want to use, \u2018<\/span>am<\/span>\u2019 or \u2018<\/span>agree<\/span>\u2019?<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/a><\/b>If you are on the side of \u2018am\u2019, what follows is your choice: <\/span>I <\/span>am<\/span> with you<\/span><\/span>.<\/span>  <\/span><\/div>\n

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Well, what about if you are <\/span>on the side of \u2018agree\u2019<\/span>, then it is: <\/span>I <\/span>agree<\/span> with you<\/span><\/span>.  <\/span>  <\/span><\/div>\n

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So at the end no one gets hurt, right? Well, though they don\u2019t want to see each other, <\/span>there are times<\/span> that the two super women come together<\/span>,<\/span>without<\/span> any fighting.  When?  When they meet each other at a <\/span><\/span>friend\u2019s party<\/span>, they don\u2019t fight.<\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Why? Well, there are <\/span>two rules<\/span> for this party.  What are the rules?<\/span><\/div>\n

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Rule no. 1:  <\/span>passive voice<\/span><\/div>\n

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What is passive voice (PV)? You use PV when you begin a sentence <\/span>with a thing<\/span> (such as a computer, or a smart phone).  Want <\/span>an example<\/span>?<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The term<\/span> was<\/span> (<\/span>past tense of \u2018is\u2019<\/span>) <\/span>agreed by my boss. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Or you don\u2019t know who <\/span>the doer<\/span> is, for example:<\/span><\/div>\n

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Or, a <\/span>practical<\/span> reason is <\/span>when you make a mistake<\/span>, you may say:  <\/span><\/div>\n

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Rule no. 2:  <\/span>when something \u2018is\u2019 still happening<\/span><\/div>\n

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When something is still happening, you use is (<\/span>am<\/span>, or<\/span> are<\/span>) and a verb +<\/span> ing<\/span>. Want an <\/span>example<\/span>? <\/span>You don\u2019t know why<\/span> a friend (you don’t like) is<\/span> at your home.<\/span> Instead of asking why you may say:<\/span>
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So the <\/span>F<\/span>ee<\/span>l G<\/span>oo<\/span>d<\/span> <\/span>tip is: <\/span><\/span>Unless you have good reasons (the above two rules), <\/span><\/span>separate<\/span> Superwoman<\/span> \u2018AM\u2019 <\/span>from Superwoman<\/span> \u2018AGREE\u2019<\/span>. <\/b> So the two ways are: <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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