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Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:33 pm

BBC South East Today have just reported that Gillingham FC are BACK IN TRAINING ALREADY !

What ? That's a bit quick, isn't it ?

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:38 pm

Gills boss Mark Stimpson has just been quoted by saying that the only way to win promotion back to League is to get "superfit".

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:42 pm

BBC South East Today have just said that will give a free ticket for each next home game to every season ticket holder who sees Gills lose a home game next season.

That could be a financial disaster for Scally - hope he continues with the idea ! :grin:

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:45 pm

MadJohn wrote:

You think that's early? Crewe started pre-season training TWO WEEKS AGO!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/footbal ... 407842.stm

"Crewe Alexandra's players have began pre-season training"

Isn't English Language a requirement to be a journalist these days?

Loid Haw-Haw of Sussex · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:47 pm

I would say pools need some early training and solutions :grin:

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:01 pm

Richard M. Head wrote:

MadJohn wrote:

You think that's early? Crewe started pre-season training TWO WEEKS AGO!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/footbal ... 407842.stm

"Crewe Alexandra's players have begun pre-season training"

Isn't English Language a requirement to be a journalist these days?

Yes isn't it just.

That is what we call the perfect tense - a part of the auxillary verb "to have" + the past participle of the verb

The past participle of the English verb "to begin" is "begun" not "began", therefore "Crewe Alexandra have begun pre-season training".

I know, I'm annoying, aren't I ? clappp

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:06 pm

Sussex07 wrote:

I would say pools need some early training and solutions :grin:

You'll want to get the memory of this out your mind, won't you Sussex ?

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:17 pm

kentishpoolie wrote:

Richard M. Head wrote:

"Crewe Alexandra's players have begun pre-season training"

Isn't English Language a requirement to be a journalist these days?

Yes isn't it just.

That is what we call the perfect tense - a part of the auxillary verb "to have" + the past participle of the verb

The past participle of the English verb "to begin" is "begun" not "began", therefore "Crewe Alexandra have begun pre-season training".

I know, I'm annoying, aren't I ? clappp

Sireniki Eskimo language, an extinct Eskimo-Aleut language, has separate sets of adverbial participles and adjectival participles. Interestingly, adverbial participles are conjugated to reflect the person and number of their implicit subjects; hence, while in English a sentence like "If I were a marksman, we would kill walrus" requires two full clauses (in order to distinguish the two verbs' different subjects), in Sireniki Eskimo one of these may be replaced with an adverbial participle (since its conjugation will indicate the subject).

The Arabic verb has two participles: an active participle (الاسم الفاعل) and a passive participle (الاسم المفعول به), and the form of the participle is predictable by inspection of the dictionary form of the verb (see Arabic grammar). These participles are inflected for gender, number and case, but not person. Arabic participles are employed syntactically in a variety of ways: as nouns, as adjectives or even as verbs. Their uses vary across varieties of Arabic. In general the active participle describes a property of the syntactic subject of the verb from which it is derived, whilst the passive participles describes the object.

grabec · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:44 pm

Richard M. Head wrote:

kentishpoolie wrote:

Richard M. Head wrote:

"Crewe Alexandra's players have begun pre-season training"

Isn't English Language a requirement to be a journalist these days?

Yes isn't it just.

That is what we call the perfect tense - a part of the auxillary verb "to have" + the past participle of the verb

The past participle of the English verb "to begin" is "begun" not "began", therefore "Crewe Alexandra have begun pre-season training".

I know, I'm annoying, aren't I ? clappp

Sireniki Eskimo language, an extinct Eskimo-Aleut language, has separate sets of adverbial participles and adjectival participles. Interestingly, adverbial participles are conjugated to reflect the person and number of their implicit subjects; hence, while in English a sentence like "If I were a marksman, we would kill walrus" requires two full clauses (in order to distinguish the two verbs' different subjects), in Sireniki Eskimo one of these may be replaced with an adverbial participle (since its conjugation will indicate the subject).

The Arabic verb has two participles: an active participle (الاسم الفاعل) and a passive participle (الاسم المفعول به), and the form of the participle is predictable by inspection of the dictionary form of the verb (see Arabic grammar). These participles are inflected for gender, number and case, but not person. Arabic participles are employed syntactically in a variety of ways: as nouns, as adjectives or even as verbs. Their uses vary across varieties of Arabic. In general the active participle describes a property of the syntactic subject of the verb from which it is derived, whilst the passive participles describes the object.

I don't get it. How can they be inflected for gender and number, but not for person?

On the other hand, participles are the least of Mr Kentish's problems...........

TickhillPoolie · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 4:50 pm

There's a lot of people in the bible who begat a lot of other people..................and so it was since time began. :razz:

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:25 pm

Richard M. Head wrote:

kentishpoolie wrote:

Richard M. Head wrote:

"Crewe Alexandra's players have begun pre-season training"

Isn't English Language a requirement to be a journalist these days?

Yes isn't it just.

That is what we call the perfect tense - a part of the auxillary verb "to have" + the past participle of the verb

The past participle of the English verb "to begin" is "begun" not "began", therefore "Crewe Alexandra have begun pre-season training".

I know, I'm annoying, aren't I ? clappp

Well that's put my German GCSE to shame.

Top man, Dicky. :grin:

Sireniki Eskimo language, an extinct Eskimo-Aleut language, has separate sets of adverbial participles and adjectival participles. Interestingly, adverbial participles are conjugated to reflect the person and number of their implicit subjects; hence, while in English a sentence like "If I were a marksman, we would kill walrus" requires two full clauses (in order to distinguish the two verbs' different subjects), in Sireniki Eskimo one of these may be replaced with an adverbial participle (since its conjugation will indicate the subject).

The Arabic verb has two participles: an active participle (الاسم الفاعل) and a passive participle (الاسم المفعول به), and the form of the participle is predictable by inspection of the dictionary form of the verb (see Arabic grammar). These participles are inflected for gender, number and case, but not person. Arabic participles are employed syntactically in a variety of ways: as nouns, as adjectives or even as verbs. Their uses vary across varieties of Arabic. In general the active participle describes a property of the syntactic subject of the verb from which it is derived, whilst the passive participles describes the object.

aido87 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:19 pm

kentishpoolie wrote:

BBC South East Today have just reported that Gillingham FC are BACK IN TRAINING ALREADY !

What ? That's a bit quick, isn't it ?

ahem, i feel i need to point out that lokomotiv smallkraftz have already had two pre-season friendlies and remain unbeaten.

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:04 pm

Richard M. Head wrote:

kentishpoolie wrote:

Richard M. Head wrote:

"Crewe Alexandra's players have begun pre-season training"

Isn't English Language a requirement to be a journalist these days?

Yes isn't it just.

That is what we call the perfect tense - a part of the auxillary verb "to have" + the past participle of the verb

The past participle of the English verb "to begin" is "begun" not "began", therefore "Crewe Alexandra have begun pre-season training".

I know, I'm annoying, aren't I ? clappp

Sireniki Eskimo language, an extinct Eskimo-Aleut language, has separate sets of adverbial participles and adjectival participles. Interestingly, adverbial participles are conjugated to reflect the person and number of their implicit subjects; hence, while in English a sentence like "If I were a marksman, we would kill walrus" requires two full clauses (in order to distinguish the two verbs' different subjects), in Sireniki Eskimo one of these may be replaced with an adverbial participle (since its conjugation will indicate the subject).

The Arabic verb has two participles: an active participle (الاسم الفاعل) and a passive participle (الاسم المفعول به), and the form of the participle is predictable by inspection of the dictionary form of the verb (see Arabic grammar). These participles are inflected for gender, number and case, but not person. Arabic participles are employed syntactically in a variety of ways: as nouns, as adjectives or even as verbs. Their uses vary across varieties of Arabic. In general the active participle describes a property of the syntactic subject of the verb from which it is derived, whilst the passive participles describes the object.

Now that isn't a post you would ever see on Rivals. Could you imagine the reaction it would get!

Excellent reply Mr Head, despite the fact I barely understood a word of it. rolfl

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